> ...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!
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 hoseclamping or riveting will
ever stop that!
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
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