Hi Guys, I've had problems with the X-Hat Rods falling off of my XM-240. Therefore, I would like to eliminate the X-Hat by lengthening the elements. I'm wondering if anyone has done this successfully
Hi Doung & all, In my original post, I stated that some of my "X-Hat rods were falling off" so I'd like to lengthen the element and eliminate the X-Hat rods. A better description would have been I've
A lot of the older Cuschraft VHF antennas that had those trigon ( as they called them ) reflectors had issues with elements falling off due to vibration in many cases. I would think that idea that th
I'd at least try what we do with aircraft in areas like that...Use what is called a doubler. find a piece of rigid aluminum that will just fit inside (or outside) of these elements. Redrill the hole
One added note, In the case of the broken element I'd not use the doubler to repair the broken element, but rather make a new element, add the double, epoxy the doubler in place and let cure, foam th
I answered Dick off line on one e-mail, but as it's a general topic of interest I think I should redo that one here. I'm not familiar with the XM-240 which appears to be a Moxon design. Each diagram
I wonder why they fall off? I've never heard of that. Mine have been up for 6 years now. Gregg K9KL -- Original Message -- From: <RLVZ@aol.com> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Monday, February 0
I've been hesitant to chime in but I have had two of these antennas up for 9 years at 130 feet and never had a problem with them. And that includes a hurricane. (Now that I have said this, I'll proba
The original X-hat elements were solid rod 3/16" in diameter with a 1.25" long by 3/8" OD sleeve crimped over the center of he rod before drilling for the #8-32 x 1.75" mounting bolt. Newer antennas
That's exactly what happened to mine. Darl NA8W _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://
I thought I was seeing the beginnings of a pattern between "mine broke within a month or two and mine has been up for years" in the reports. I think Dicks idea of going to a bit larger rod with a dou