[BC] AM tower 9 feet of snow

[Chuck Lakaytis]

Of course the snow is very dry, if that is the right word for it.
Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
907 277 6300
907 277 6359 FAX
907 301 4339 Cell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo at hotmail.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] AM tower 9 feet of snow


> thanks chuck,
> this is actually pretty good news for me too.  If we get a lot of snow, I 
> can now rest easy and not have to go out and excavate the feedpoint of my 
> 160 m. inverted L!  the vertical wire comes down and ends at an insulator 
> about a foot above the radial plate.
>
> rob atkinson
> st. charles IL
> k5uj
>
>
> From: "Chuck Lakaytis" <chuck at akpb.org>
> Reply-To: Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] AM tower 9 feet of snow
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:24:11 -0900
>
> Every year the base of the antenna at KBRW-AM in Barrow gets covered with 
> about six to ten feet of snow.
>
> The VSWR changes hardly at all.  When spring arrives in June we just dig 
> out the balls gap.
>
>
> Chuck Lakaytis
> Director of Engineering
> Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
> 135 Cordova Street
> Anchorage, AK 99501
> 907 277 6300
> 907 277 6359 FAX
> 907 301 4339 Cell
>
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