Even cheaper was the 2 el 15 meter beam using a 2x4 as the boom,
1x2 by 4 feet to which was mounted bamboo fishing poles
wrapped with aluminum foil and a small loading coil on the
director. Played magnificent (in the 1958 Sun Spots!)
This was from CQ Magazine, I think, and called the Catfish Special
Barry, W5GN
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gene
Smar
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:46 PM
To: bw_dw@fastmail.fm; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Looking for alternative sources for fiberglass
spreaders
Dee-Dub:
When I was a Novice licensee and dreamed of building a cheap quad
(which never happened), I read of using bamboo poles as spreaders. The
intent was to wrap each pole in fiberglass tape to impart some
weatherproofing. It was suggested in these various sources that local rug
and carpeting stores might be a source. Of course, that was 5 decades ago
and rugs may not come wrapped around bamboo anymore.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
On 02/18/16, dw wrote:
I want to experiment with building a 2-element half-WL wire-beam for 40m.
I know that Cubex sells fiberglass poles I could use for spreaders.
Does anyone know of any other sources for fiberglass poles?
Thanks
N1BBR
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