On 4/10/2015 Bry Carling AF4K wrote:
> For a creative and energetic person the market is there to be taken in the
> MID-priced
> antennas these days whether you believe it or not. The average ham is NOT
> spending
> $2,000 for a beam. Deny it all you want.
You forgot one MAJOR cost - Insurance! Your antenna that you
certified to have a wind loading of X, and a wind survival of Y comes
down in a storm, or even worse, is on a tower that comes down in a
storm. The lawyer has HIS engineer calculate the wind load, and it
comes to .001% more than what you stated, - "My clients tower
collapsed, falling on his neighbor's house, killing his wife, and it
was because the antenna was .001% over size"
Insurance isn't cheap
--
73 de KG2V - Charles Gallo
Quality Custom Machine-shop work for the radio amateur (sm)
www.baysidephoto.com
www.thegallos.com
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