...with riveted elements I have never had a tip fall out! My HyGain and Cushcraft beams have all been modified to riveted element construction, which also do NOT snag on the guy wires on the way up!
Interesting Bill. Not sure why you had that experience. At my qth, I double hoseclamped every place on each element that previously used one hoseclamp. I then used a pair of "dykes" to cut off the en
and construction, What is really fun with bad vibration cases is that the element tips fatigue and break off. I have had that happen with both the newer telrex designs and cushcraft... no double hos