Not to beat a dead horse, but this is deja vu from my original order.
Engineers never heard of it, we sent samples back, they replaced it...and
that's just "hooey" about shipping damage.
Ty K3MM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
To: "Ken Claerbout" <K4ZW@Staffnet.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod
>
>> To add another real world experience to the discussion
> earlier this
>> month, one of the locals has a coil of Polyrod he picked
> up from the sale of
>> K4JA's station. It was stored in a coil but covered to
> protect it from the
>> sun. He called me this past week and said it had
> splintered throughout the
>> roll. As a result the entire coil of Polyrod is shot and
> will have to be
>> replaced. Take your chances if you want but mine is
> unrolled in the back
>> yard.
>
>
> Once again just last week I asked everyone I could reach at
> polygon about the "falls apart when coiled" rumor. The
> engineering staff said they never heard of it, and couldn't
> even guess why it would happen when the rod is coiled at the
> radius they ship unless it is "bent" by mishandling. They
> also said they did have some calls asking about it, and told
> everyone else the same thing. I even asked them if it was
> possible they might have occasional bad batches of resin and
> they said "no". They said once it starts to harden or
> reaches a certain temperature that's it, it is hardened and
> won't ooze or change.
>
> They clearly warned me about handling. They said if the coil
> or rod is mishandled in shipping or storage by forcing a
> tight radius it would splinter as outer fibers would break.
>
> It would be nice if someone that has rod that failed from
> being coiled (without the coil being compressed) should send
> a sample back to Polygon so the engineers have a chance to
> see it, because other than warning me about not bending into
> a radius significantly tighter than they ship it the
> engineering staff assures me they never heard of a problem
> from simple storage!!
>
> Perhaps the local can ship a sample back to Polygon and see
> what they said. It would be great if everyone, manufacturer
> and people who have failures, got together and figured it
> all out.
>
> In the mean time I've set aside the oldest rod I have (still
> coiled and still like new) and will continue to leave mine
> outside in the sun and just see what happens over the next
> few years.
>
> 73,
> Tom
>
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