[BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] SteppIR/ HyGain/ MFJ

[Jim Jarvis]

Well, it IS true that once taped, they're stable in length, but
they're not permanent.  It was easy to remove the tape and
collapse the things, when I took the antenna down, in VT.

OTOH, you can get replacement tubes for 30 bucks apiece.
200 bucks and you got a new beam.  And, they'll rebuild
the tapes/motors for a reasonable price, too.

Jim/n2ea

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Katz [mailto:stevek at jmr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 20:54
To: 'Joe Subich, K4IK'; 'Jim Jarvis'; 'Towertalk'
Subject: RE: [BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] SteppIR/ HyGain/ MFJ




> My concern would be for the wind survivability of the collapsible 
> fiberglass tubes in the wind and high UV in Florida.  With that 
> concern I'll wait until the antennas have several years of full-
> time exposure to the elements in a similar environment. 
> 
> "Collapsible fibreglass tubes?"  Having put one together, I don't know
> what this means.  They're not collapsible, they're fixed length, fixed
> position, and waterproofed at the joints.  -WB2WIK/6
>  
> 
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