We hope everyone survived the big wind storm yesterday. We were lucky here. Lost power about 3 PM and not restored until 9 AM this morning. The ProJo indicated that South Kingstown/Charlestown took the brunt of it. It was pretty scary. The 160 vertical bent in the wind but survived in perfect shape. The 40 meter Yagi was bending pretty good but heading the tower at 90 degrees to the wind avoided any damage., A big tree at the top of the driveway snapped taking down the 30 meter delta loop…actually a good thing as it cleared space for it to go back up higher/better later. Again, hope everyone was as lucky. We gotta be ready for all the contests coming up. 73 ! — John, W1XX
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We were lucky here on the north end of the island. We did not lose power and no real wind damage. Glad to hear that you didn’t experience any significant damage, John.
Been playing in the WPX RTTY contest today. Brings back memories of Puerto Rico and NP3U.
Ken K3IU
We just had several enormous pines taken down on my property last November which were perilously close to the house. Since then, I have slept much easier during these events. Glad to hear you made out reasonably unscathed.