At 11:34 AM 3/27/2008, Kris Kirby wrote: >On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Ken Arck wrote: > > <--I ran a Diamond X300 on top of Mt Haleakala on Maui at 10,000' for > > years. It survived many wind and ice storms just fine > >Ice? In Hawaii? Do tell....
<----Yup. And while there isn't snow up there every year, the temps during the winter are regularly below freezing and the winds > 80 MPH if not more. Remember Jimmy Buffet's immortal words - Changes in latitude, changes in altitude, nothing remains quite the same! (ok, so I took poetic license) Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and we offer complete repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net "We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!"