Your right Hans. The ruggedized mechanical design should last a life
time. There's no LC traps holding an unconventional secret recipe
and place on the element to worry about. As long as you keep a Sommer
dimensioned right, only a cataclysmic event could
render it scrap.
I have an inherited 708 that fell down and went boom into my buddies
garage roof. Did more damage to the roof than antenna.
Totally rebuildable. The boom channels are STD 1x2 square tube. Some of
these antennas were assembled with metric sized tubing.
My brief search has produced few and expensive sources for metric tube
here in the states. Unless I can come up with a comparably
priced source for metric, I'll chuck up the insulators,(or make new) to
accept standard sized tube.
Jim WA9Z
Hans Oortman 1 wrote:
> Pitty, it is still the best antenna (708) I have ever had, electrically and
> above all important for where I live..mechanically....
> I am still trying to get spare parts or a second hand antenna but haven't
> been very successfull yet...
>
> Hans
> PA3ARW
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] Namens Jim Warner
> Verzonden: zaterdag 2 mei 2009 4:21
> Aan: towertalk@contesting.com
> Onderwerp: [TowerTalk] Sommer webpage gone
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> Looks like Alfie and Charlette hung it up the hack saws.
> Jim WA9Z
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