Have you had success with: Hot glue gun to attach vinyl end caps to aluminum yagi tips or boom ends ? -Charlie N1RR _______________________________________________ ___________________________________
I use(d) a two part epoxy from Home Depot. Just for the element tips, the rains here on Vancouver Island can go on for a month at a time and the epoxy holds up although a bit of an over kill. Glenn,
Hi Charlie, On my element tips I put the vinyl caps over the fanned ends of the dampening rope in the element. This usually ensures a very snug fit of the end cap on the element tip which keeps it on
I'll second the tape method. Over the winter I had an element tip bent on one of the 10m yagis. It was a size that I didn't have any extra of in my spares pile so instead of replacing it I pulled it
Hi Charlie: I found that vinyl caps do not allow water to drain properly - having moisture in elements is not good. I do not use vinyl element caps here. Just another data point. 73 Tim K3LR --Origin
I have been using NO end caps for decades. There is nothing to fall off and nothing to seal water inside the boom or elements which would cause severe damage. John KK9A Have you had success with: Hot
My experiences have been different from KK9A. Open element tips with nothing capping them, is just an invitation for spiders, bees, wasps and other flying creatures to nest in them (extremely common
Hello Bob: How do you get the water out of your elements with caps on them? 73 Tim K3LR My experiences have been different from KK9A. Open element tips with nothing capping them, is just an invitatio
On 7/20/19 9:30 AM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M wrote: My experiences have been different from KK9A. Open element tips with nothing capping them, is just an invitation for spiders, bees, wasps and other flying
My two cents... I'd say the gluegun stuff isn't something I'd be willing to trust do the job right. I use thick wall aluminim tubing for my mast that extends bout 10ft from the top of my tower. I've
This is exactly what I did: I used Al window screen over the ends held on with small hose clamps. This would work just as well if I stuffed some in the ends of the tubing and allows water that enters
Hello Tim, I have taken down many antennas over the years but I never saw water in any of my elements with caps on them and the rope in the element tips was always completely dry. If there was ever a
I originally though about the idea of leaving the elements uncapped and putting some sort of mesh in them, but I didnt like the idea of rain/snow being blown almost horizontally back into the element
Author: Tom_N2SR via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 00:09:28 +0000 (UTC)
Helped a friend take down his old Mosley CL-33 (being replaced with a C19XR soon). I rigged the antenna to lower it, and when I pulled the U bolts, the antenna wanted to flip backwards - because of
Hello Tom: I have 26 Yagi's in the air here and my experience is the same as yours. No end caps ever on the elements and no problems. Also no water related corrosion issues. Every time I am involved
To keep critters out of the boom, put a "foam" ball in the ends of the boom. Use one of porous material so moisture can get out, but critters cannot get in! 73 Don N8DE _____________________________
I recently took down an A3s (had caps on element ends and boom ends). The traps with vent holes would whistle in the wind. How do you fix that problem? Any problems with the open element ends whistli
HI Gary I have had fullsize 40 meter beams for 28 years. No rope, no end caps - no failures. 73 Tim K3LR I recently took down an A3s (had caps on element ends and boom ends). The traps with vent hole
Well, if you make it strong enough....... 73, Scott K9MA I have had fullsize 40 meter beams for 28 years. No rope, no end caps - no failures. 73 Tim K3LR -- Scott K9MA k9ma@sdellington.us ___________
I believe that the rope in the elements, specifically the element tips, is particular to the Hy-Gain yagis, at least the 20, 15, and 10 meter designs. I have seen a Hy-Gain yagi, a 5 element 15 meter