"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 11:14:09 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

The antennas telescope down to roof level and are quick and easy
to
remove. Raising them is harder because the guy lines tangle, but I
don't have to do that quickly as a storm builds.

How many storms/yr force you to do that?

Perhaps once in 1 or 2 months. Everyone else's used weather funnels
out through New England. We see all types from Arctic blizzards
through tornadoes and Gulf hurricanes (Katrina), but rarely at full
intensity.

Egad, that's a lot. Condolences.

I lower the rotator down the track on the lower end of the mast
support post if winds over about 40 MPH are predicted, usually when a
Canadian cold front passes through as a line squall. Some of the guy
lines are anchored to trees that could drop branches on them. Lowering
the antenna the rest of the way to the roof requires removing mast
tube sections from the bottom (rotator) end but running up or down the
track isn't much bother.

--jsw