Gerry,,
I would agree with what Butch said.    Mine withstood some pretty serious 
winds, but we don't get many hurricanes near Philly.

Laying it next to the house would be a good idea to  help protect it.   I 
would put a few bricks or blocks  under it at various points to  keep the 
coils from getting deformed,    Put the bricks under the tubing  so the 
coils are supported off the ground a bit and  then maybe some bricks on top 
to keep it from blowing away.

26 feet is kind of long to feed into the house via door or window, but you 
can break this thing down into 3 more manageable parts  by removing only 2 
machine screws and nuts.  Remove the screw and nut at the tubing junction 
above the  20/30 meter coil.   This will give you  the bottom section in 
about a 10  ft. section.  This is the most  important section, with all the 
capacitors and coils.    You can easily put that section away and lay the 
remaining section flat on the ground with some  bricks  on it to keep it 
there.   If you want it all in the house,  remove the wire clamp that holds 
the bottom of the 15 meter  wire.   Mark the bottom edge of the clamp with 
some electrical tape so you can  put it back in the same place.  This will 
give you  a 6 ft. section and a 12 ft. section.

Good luck, Steve KW3A



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:10 PM
Subject: hurricane and antennas


> Ok, just looking for some ideas.  I am in Louisiana and there exists a 
> slig=
> ht chance that we could be affected by a hurricane early next week.  I 
> have=
> a Butternut 6v up in the yard.  I wonder if it would be better to take it 
> =
> down and lay it on the ground so it doesn't get beat around by the wind. 
> T=
> he only problem with that is I am afraid something will land on it and 
> ruin=
> it.  The only other option I have is to bring it in the house if we 
> evacua=
> te.  I am not really sure if it will fit inside.
>