[TowerTalk] Re: SteppIR SmallIR vertical review

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/4/03 3:45:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, k5uj at hotmail.com 
writes:

> 2.  This I expect also applies to the other Fluidmotion antennas:  The 
>  review and others have described the fiberglass tubes the metal strip 
moves 
>  in and out of, as telescoping tubes with smaller diam. tubes fitting 
inside 
>  larger ones.  It seems to me that means inside the tube there must be 
ridges 
> 
>  where the small diam. tube snugs inside the larger one it mates to at the 
>  point where they fit together, one inside the other.  I would like to know 
>  what had been done to prevent the metal tape from bumping up against that 
>  ridge and getting hung up on it when the motor is pushing it out through 
the 
>  tube.  I picture one of the tapes spooling up inside the tube instead of 
>  going straight out.  Perhaps the inside tubes have been filed down to make 
a 
>  smooth transition to the smaller diameters.

    There's a little plastic oblong piece on the end of the beryllium tape. 
It doesn't get hung up. 

Cheers,
Steve      K7LXC
TOWER TECH