A99 question

[Green Dragon]

My old Antron stood on a 70' tower thru Hurricane Opal which was
amazingly still a cat 3 hurricane when it's eye passed over
Montgomery, AL (normally hurricanes have already deterioriated into
nothing but a mass of thunderstorms by the time they reach that far
inland) I stepped outside and was looking at the antenna in between
rain bands and watched it get laid over parallel to the ground, then
when the wind gust died back a bit it'd stand right back up straight.
Only reason it's not still up there is I upgraded to stacked 3 element
beams.

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Green Dragon
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John D. Kasupski, KC2FNG, KNY2VS <kny...@buffnet.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 01:13:44 -0000, "darkside"
> <da...@darkside98.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Could someone tell me the max windspeed that the antron 99 antenna
can
> >safely.
>
> Not sure what the absolute maximum is, OM, but I live in the
> northeastern USA where the winters are cold and windy, and my A-99,
> mounted on a 10-foot mast in a three-foot tripod on the rooftop
here,
> withstood several days worth of 60 miles per hour winds last winter
> (which I believe works out to about 96.5 kilometers per hour)...and
> higher gusts. If I did the conversion correctly, the mast would be a
> little over three meters, the tripod, not quite 91.5 centimeters.
>
> We had a couple of days in a row where the above wind velocities
were
> pretty much sustained over a 48-hour period, with gusts nearing 75
MPH
> (or about 120.7 KPH).
>
> Mine does not have the radial kit.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> 73 and good DX'ing,
> John D. Kasupski
> KC2FNG, KNY2VS, KJK-14120, KSO-9650, AE279
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[darkside]

Could someone tell me the max windspeed that the antron 99 antenna can
safely.

Thanks
Darkside

[John D. Kasupski, KC2FNG, KNY2VS]

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 01:13:44 -0000, "darkside"
<da...@darkside98.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>Could someone tell me the max windspeed that the antron 99 antenna can
>safely.

Not sure what the absolute maximum is, OM, but I live in the

[CB DXER]

I agree with John. I am located in NE PA and had an antron 99 with 2 ground
plane kits withstand similiar wind speeds for many years. My antenna was
mounted on a 40 foot tower. It even survive the tornado we had last year with
wind gust around 100 mph.

[darkside]

Cheers for that I was just asking coz I have a realy small garden and if it
was to come down it would probebly cause more damage to neghbours gardens
than my own

Darkside

]

Green Dragon <nu...@business.com> wrote in message
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> My old Antron stood on a 70' tower thru Hurricane Opal which was
> amazingly still a cat 3 hurricane when it's eye passed over
> Montgomery, AL (normally hurricanes have already deterioriated into
> nothing but a mass of thunderstorms by the time they reach that far
> inland) I stepped outside and was looking at the antenna in between
> rain bands and watched it get laid over parallel to the ground, then
> when the wind gust died back a bit it'd stand right back up straight.
> Only reason it's not still up there is I upgraded to stacked 3 element
> beams.
>
> --
> *****************
> Green Dragon
> *****************
> John D. Kasupski, KC2FNG, KNY2VS <kny...@buffnet.net> wrote in message
> news:3820e2ee...@news3.buffnet.net...

[Dwight Stewart]

The maker does not list such specifications, so I can only go off
experience. About ten years ago, a Solacon A-99 made it through the
north side of Hurrican Hugo mounted on a forty foot pole less than a
mile from the beach (six guy wires on mast). A tree went down about
seventy-five feet away, but the antenna didn't. However, it did get
sandblasted a little.

In other words, its a fairly solid antenna.

Dwight Stewart
Amateur Radio, Technician
F.C.C. License: W5NET
http://www.qsl.net/w5net

darkside wrote:
>
> Could someone tell me the max windspeed that the antron 99 antenna can
> safely.
>

> Thanks
> Darkside

[Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE]

Most reputable manufacturers design their antennas to withstand an 85 MPH
constant wind. I would think that the A99 could withstand such a wind
without damage to the antenna. BUT be sure that the mounting hardware and
the structure to which it is attached can withstand such stress. I've seen
antennas withstand very high winds only to be destroyed when the tower or
mast failed, sending the antenna flying into nearby trees or crashing to the
ground.

73/
Kevin, WB5RUE

darkside wrote in message <7vqmom$7oh$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...

[Jack Thurston]

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I use an A-99 here in holbrook, arizona
where winds sometimes reach gusts up to
100 miles an hour........not a problem!
The antenna is 80 feet to the top.

Jack

http://www.angelfire.com/az/firecommunications/

[Bob Winfield]

Hey Jack. You measure your antenna height from mounting to ground not to
the top of the antenna. Just for your info for next time.

Bob

Jack Thurston <fir...@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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[Hillbilly Dave]

its his antenna.....guess he can measure it any way he wants too....

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