I find the "flimsy" TV antennas more being "mechanical fuses". I prefer if my
TV antenna blows to pieces than my tower coming down due to too much wind load.
They seem to be strong enough (which is what counts) to survive weather over
some years.
I just scavenge a very large VHF, TV antenna from my neighbor that had been up
for at least 40 years. Disregarding a few minor damages caused by the removal
from his roof the antenna was in good shape and is now serving me and my XYL.
I have been thinking about that many times and wondered what tube I should use
to support my antennas. If I make it just thin enough the wind load will be
reduces at a heavy storm if the tube breaks, leaving the antennas as scrap
metal on the ground but my tower intact. Any thoughts?
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 31, 2016 9:11 am
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Rohn Bolts AND nuts - won't mate
No argument here Roger but given a choice when product is equal or better I
would rather put my money into the American economy instead of a foreign on,
particularly China. I sure recall the difference in rolled aluminum tubes and
extruded ones as elements on TV Yagis. When re-purposed as wing spars in DIY RC
aircraft the extruded were terrific and the rolled were useless.I have been
dealing with a retired USAF tech
On 1/30/2016 11:31 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
> I agree with the purchase at the places where you get cheap products, > But
> when it comes to TV antennas, (for a back ground) When I was in > my 20s and
> started work at a new job, I also installed TV antennas on > the side. Like
> most of the younger crowd with at least a little > ambition, I tried many
> side jobs, but settled on ham radio as a > business as well as firearms. It
> didn't take long to work out all the >
On 1/30/2016 Saturday 12:38 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
>> See the quality of Chinese goods at Harbor Freight and Northern tool >> to
>> name two places. The Chinese are not backward third worlders >> devoid of
>> technology, including an understanding of QA and QC.
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