I guess I should be thankful that all mine are run on land that maybe has a 10' variation but it is all heavily wooded. I also look carefully at the antenna path and try to avoid trees that slope in the wrong direction....or mount standoffs on the back side.
At least twice a year I trim back any branches that are close to touching a wire or would be with a snow load. I also do the walk after every major wind storm.-; thats a bit over a mile roundtrip. This year everything is growing like crazy and have creeper vines Ive never seen before; Ive spent about $50 on the strongest concentrate of Roundup so far just on ground brush and poison ivy. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "N1BUG" <p...@n1bug.com> To: <topband@contesting.com> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 8:29 AM Subject: Re: Topband: Beverage strain auto-disconnects > On 07/20/2012 07:07 PM, ZR wrote: >> If the WD-11A is so weak and a repair problem why not support it on one >> of >> the higher strength fishing lines as a messenger? > > Just a clarification here: > > WD1A is plenty strong until a behemoth tree falls on it and breaks > it. The splice then leads to a new failure point unless you can be > 100% certain of keeping water out of the splice. The reason is the > steel strands that give it strength rust through very quickly if > water gets to it. > > I do know how to keep water out of things, but when you're standing > on a steep ice-covered slope hoping not to end up wrapped around a > tree 100 feet down-slope or underneath ice in the river, the quality > of work is not always perfect. :) Preferably, work in such > locations is to be avoided altogether. > > 73, > Paul N1BUG > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2437/5147 - Release Date: 07/22/12 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK