Robert (G0HGW) said:
> I do not think 'just bending them back in the other direction' is a
> possible solution. Because I am sure they would not bend in the
> correct place and it could also snap them due repeated bending
> in the same place.
I routinely hand-straighten bent element pices. Some great antennas have
risen from piles of destroyed antenna bones. The results are not pefect
but:
1. you can't tell from a distance
2. you can still work people just fine
3. with experience you get better at it
4. you can save a lot of money
I imagine part of my frame of reference is because I have a large boneyard,
therefore a seemingly endless supply of parts of all kinds of ham antennas
(years of collecting). That takes the fear out of experimenting - if you
mess one up, you just rry again with another one.
Robert, let me know if you break something and maybe I have another one
around here I can send you.
Mark, N5OT
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