[TowerTalk] Titanix V160e Failure

[Dave Jordan]

Bruce,

Your problem has to be sovled by Titanix.  I'm guessing the aluminum 
isn't from Germany but prolly from
Russia or some other 3rd world country where there are no enforcement of 
standards.  The pic look like
the material used for the failed element could barely  support it's own 
weight.

It appears you paid a lot of money for a fair antenna design built with 
sub-standard aluminum tubing.

Buy American next time!

73,
dave
wa3gin
A Very Happy Telrex, Cushcraft, Hy-Gain Owner

Bruce Sawyer wrote:

>On February 23, Jim Neiger (N6TJ) and I succeeded in raising a new Titanix
>V160e into the air.  This antenna was shipped express air freight all the
>way from Munich to my home on Little Cayman Island.   Counting the rather
>stiff purchase price, the shipping costs, and the Caymanian customs duty,
>over $3000 was invested in this antenna.  Yesterday, exactly 12 days later,
>the top 3 sections of this antennacame crashing to the ground. 
>  
>