[SCCC] Preventing / repairing antenna damage at 20 feet

[Wayne Overbeck]

Interesting ideas...

>But an antenna that suffers damage at 
>20 feet can be easily repaired,

Um, I have a large pile of bent aluminum 
that broke off of antennas nested at 25 feet.  
It's not all that easy to detach and lower 
what's left of a big antenna (which will be 
way out of balance with some but not all of the
elements broken off).  And the repair, which 
involves dealing with the bent aluminum, isn't 
fun, either.  Aluminum dealers loved me for a 
few years.

George's idea is brand new to me.  I never 
thought of putting up eight more 25' towers 
or poles to support the ends of the elements 
on a four-element Yagi when the tower is nested.  
But that just might work.  Hmmmm...

"Hello, Texas Towers?  Gerry, I need to place an 
order for eight short towers..."

Hey, wait.  I think I have a better idea.  Dig a 
25-foot-deep hole in the ground and mount the 
tower in the hole.  Then the antenna will simply 
lay on the ground when the tower is fully retracted.
And installing antennas on the tower will be a 
day at the beach.

Or try this one.  Build a two-story house with a 
flat roof around the tower.  Then the antenna will 
lay on the roof when the tower is lowered.

"Hello, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, I want 
to apply for a patent..." 

Wayne, N6NB


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