Well spring is just around the corner ! and Winter was tough on antennas @
W3EA's all the wire antennas were ripped down by ice and wind 2nd week of
Feb the
one functional rebuilt 80/75 meter vertical ( modified stinger Hi-Gain Hi
tower) snapped at the junction of the 2" .125 wall and2" .058 wall junction @
34'
Tim K3LR is coming to the FRC to give a talk on March 11th He has a set of
these also in a 4 sq configuration . I sent him a Email hoping to get his
SECREAT
stinger dimensions. I also live on a Ridge like Tim K3LR and his design has
withstood the test of time and brutal N/W wind and ice he must endure .
I also have been searching the WEB and ran across a number of installations
where there marring both aluminum tubing and a 12M = 40 ft. fiberglass
telescoping pole with a 14 gage wire to achieve there total height one
application has pictures of the Glasspole attached to 26' pipe in a 60 mph
wind and it bening perpendicular to the ground... aluminum would be Tomato
stakes in that example .
So my question is fiberglass spiderbeam poles a viable solution to
survivability ?
Wayne W3EA
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