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On 01/11/2011 09:01 AM, wrote: Thaw creates shower of Icesickles at WAPT-TV http://www.devilfinder.com Super Talk Mississippi Those Icesickles were falling down from their TV Tower.I saw them on tee vee yesterday.Those people were runnin and duckin. Yesterday, somebody at the weather channel said one quarter inch thickness of ice on a span or overhead wires equals 500 pounds of weight. cuhulin On 1/11/2011 12:44 PM, dave wrote: It's not icicles, it's radial ice on the antenna. It builds up from freezing rain, detunes the antenna which makes the antenna warm up and melt the ice enough to dislodge it. The station should install deicers or ice shields or both. Yeah, but...de-icers or ice shields in Mississippi? Who'd a thunk it? P.S. Don't forget that this is a TV tower, the antenna per se is only a few percent of the height. I'm sure a lot of the ice came off the tower and guy wires just due to the outside air temp warming up a bit. |
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On 01/11/2011 12:47 PM, Joe from Kokomo wrote:
On 01/11/2011 09:01 AM, wrote: Thaw creates shower of Icesickles at WAPT-TV http://www.devilfinder.com Super Talk Mississippi Those Icesickles were falling down from their TV Tower.I saw them on tee vee yesterday.Those people were runnin and duckin. Yesterday, somebody at the weather channel said one quarter inch thickness of ice on a span or overhead wires equals 500 pounds of weight. cuhulin On 1/11/2011 12:44 PM, dave wrote: It's not icicles, it's radial ice on the antenna. It builds up from freezing rain, detunes the antenna which makes the antenna warm up and melt the ice enough to dislodge it. The station should install deicers or ice shields or both. Yeah, but...de-icers or ice shields in Mississippi? Who'd a thunk it? P.S. Don't forget that this is a TV tower, the antenna per se is only a few percent of the height. I'm sure a lot of the ice came off the tower and guy wires just due to the outside air temp warming up a bit. You haven't lived until you've been under a VHF/UHF Tall Tower in an ice storm. You can watch the VSWR meter jump lower as a chunk lets go, then a few seconds later it crashes on the roof. Great excitement. |
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On 01/11/2011 12:47 PM, Joe from Kokomo wrote: On 01/11/2011 09:01 AM, wrote: Thaw creates shower of Icesickles at WAPT-TV http://www.devilfinder.com Super Talk Mississippi Those Icesickles were falling down from their TV Tower.I saw them on tee vee yesterday.Those people were runnin and duckin. Yesterday, somebody at the weather channel said one quarter inch thickness of ice on a span or overhead wires equals 500 pounds of weight. cuhulin On 1/11/2011 12:44 PM, dave wrote: It's not icicles, it's radial ice on the antenna. It builds up from freezing rain, detunes the antenna which makes the antenna warm up and melt the ice enough to dislodge it. The station should install deicers or ice shields or both. Yeah, but...de-icers or ice shields in Mississippi? Who'd a thunk it? P.S. Don't forget that this is a TV tower, the antenna per se is only a few percent of the height. I'm sure a lot of the ice came off the tower and guy wires just due to the outside air temp warming up a bit. On 1/11/2011 4:17 PM, dave wrote: You haven't lived until you've been under a VHF/UHF Tall Tower in an ice storm. You can watch the VSWR meter jump lower as a chunk lets go, then a few seconds later it crashes on the roof. Great excitement. Been there, done that, 1000 footer, VHF, one of the stations I worked at in the Great Midwest (which means deicers* and ice shields*) but still, truly great excitement. * did nothing for the ice coming off the guys. |
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TV Road Jackson,Mississippi WJTV's tall tower and broadcasting station is there.I often pass right by there.It is about a mile and a half South (South is always Best) of doggy's couch.I wonder if those people over there were 'Gittin out of Dodge'? Dick Winters has passed away, Band of Brothers.He was 92 years young. I watched Band of Brothers (Mel Gibson movie) on TV last night. Rest in Peace, Dick Winters. cuhulin |
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