Update from Western New York

Radio operations at KM2L were pretty well destroyed by the freak October 12 snowstorm that pounded the Buffalo area.

We expected scattered snowshowers, and instead received 20 inches of snowfall. The early date of the storm caught our trees still carrying most of their leaves, and this fact, along with the wetness of the snow conspired to bring down countless trees and/or limbs. They, in turn, brought down power lines throughout the area.

We were without power for 5 days, with electricity finally restored on the evening of October 17. All of the antennas at KM2L are down, and so are many of the trees that supported them. The cleanup effort continues and will run for a couple of months, at least.

I am attempting to salvage what I can and hope to jury rig some type of radiator this weekend. Perhaps it is an opportunity to re-engineer the antenna farm.

More later...

-KM2L