On Dec 8, 8:26*am, "D. Peter Maus" wrote:
On 12/7/11 23:14 , Burr wrote:

You Guys are going to make me put my long wire backup, it blew down during
the last Typhoon

And I have just been too lazy/busy to put it back up!

* We've been getting gale force winds, here in Chicago, the last
couple of seasons. Not exactly a typhoon, but tapping on 80kts on a
good day.

* I suspended my random wires from multiple points, so the maximum
length of unsupported wire was less than 3m.

* Haven't had to put one back up since.

* p

My two Long Wire Shortwave Antennas stayed-up
in the recent Wind Storm; but the FM [KXSR 91.7]
& Cellphone Antenna Tower on Mount Elizabeth
http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/loc...ain-Harte.html
above Twain Harte, CA came down.
http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/loc...e-Service.html

The Wind Storm knocked-out Power across the
Foothills for days with Trees coming down; and
http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/loc...-Restored.html
blocking roads and crushing homes.
http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/loc...ther-Lode.html