On Jan 23, 10:39*pm, tom wrote:
As I sit here not participating in the Jan VHF QSO party partially due
to a cold but mostly due to freezing rain, I wonder. *I wonder what
stories and advice the group has about this sort of situation on VHF and up.

What sorts of design and fabrication details work to make antennas
perform well in environmental extremes?

tom
K0TAR

Several years ago the only thing I had working until after the thaw
was a 20m square loop.

Jimmie