[TowerTalk] Portable operation with beam

[Pete Smith]

At 08:52 PM 3/7/04 -0600, James C. Hall, MD wrote:
>I'm working on our club Field Day prep.  We will have a new F12 C3S to 
>work with and I have a question on construction.  How do DX'peditioners 
>package, transport, and later, construct these beams ? Surely they don't 
>pop rivet the whole thing and then drill them all out.  I have imagined 
>constructing half an element and then color-code tape the element for 
>later matching.  Then at the site, use a rivet without the stem at the 
>joint and just tape it in position.  I have transported antennas for 
>portable ops using thin-wall PVC tubes with caps.


Exactly right, though you really don't need a "stem-ectomy."  Just tape 'em in.


73, Pete N4ZR
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