>Not this again! In Kansas... Ice won't let you have a quad unless your
>ready to climb the tower in the cold and blow. Wind in Kansas will tear up
>a quad quickly, unless it is built with pole vaulting poles. Mechanically,
>they are hard to deal with in this state.
>
>BUT.... IMHO.... I love them...but again there is reality.
>
>Over 20 years ago, when I was a young buck and full of it.... our FD group
>put up a 40 meter quad beaming to the east from Kansas. The band was open
>on day and all night on FD. Never left the band...and worked it like crazy.
>Actually, it was a two -elemenet delta loop "quad." (How can a delta loop
>be a quad? Oh well...) We had to use a 150 foot water tower and some trees
>to get it all up for for one day is was pure-dee fun
>
>Lee
Lee, if you are a serious quad-man, here is something that may interest you:
Skypole Manufacturers
1922 Placentia Avenue,
Costa Mesa, CA 92663
(714) 548-5596
If my memories serve me right, they sell 16' or 18' pole vaulting poles at
about $2+/ft. A little steep but they will serve well as a super heavy-duty
spreader for 10-20 and I would imagine there would be a way to join two
together easily to make a 40-30-20-17-15-12-10 meter quad!! Let me know if
you decide to go that route and the results!! 73 es best DX. Rod
Roderick M. Fitz-Randolph
w5hvv@aeneas.net
79 Highland Hills Cove,
Jackson, TN 38305
(901) 661-9278 (Phone - after 10 AM and prior to 9 PM)
(901) 664-7539 (FAX - any time of day or night)
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