SteppIR after Ice Storm at top of 80' Trylon tower.

Falling ice, after an ice storm, from a SteppIR 3 elements beam with 30M/40M folded dipole option.

The dark color of the fiberglass poles helps melting ice under the sun. You can also see the top vertical antenna (white), a Diamond X-700, made also of fiberglass, still bending under the ice weight stuck to it, also changing its properties (gain et pattern). A good "pole" antenna won't care about the ice as you can see with the UHF 8 Poles side mounted below on the right. The little white thing you see on the left below the SteppIR beam is an anemometer for the weather station at http://www.ve2fet.com It's stuck in the ice.

When doing tower height/size/model calculations, assume the weight of all the ice added to its structure in the appropriate climate area. This was "light" ice... We'll see with a "heavier" ice storm...

This is at the location of the Amateur Radio station VE2FET. More at http://www.ve2fet.com

Sylvain VE2FET

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SteppIR
• VE2FET
• ICE
• STORM
• Trylon
• Tower
• Diamond
• X-700

[mikie2501]

Lol lovely :> de W5NIG

[FrankkS62]

Nice :D

[G4JNN]

Nice timing...

The right place at the right time, hi.

73,

Paul

G4JNN

[VictoreCelia]

cool