[TowerTalk] substandard aluminum?

[Tom Rauch]

> > Yes Jim you are correct about Telrex...and the 30yr old
TB6EM that I
> > have up at 35 meters is still working
> > and  none of the aluminum has broken off.   That's about
10,950 days for
> > those of you that aren't laughing to hard to read the
small print!
> >
> > Telrex built antennas before the days of PCs. They did
it the old
> > fashioned way. They built them to last!
> >
>
> Dave,
>
> Junk antennas are not a recent invention. Telrex made some
pretty
> shaky antennas too. Back in the 80's KS8S had two of their
3 element
> 40 meter yagis stacked on a 180' tower. The stainless
steel element tips
> were constantly  falling off those antennas. And when the
tip were up
> there, the antennas didn't seem to work worth a damn
although that
> may have been a guy wire problem (no insulators).

The 40 meter antenna I bought was rubbish. Both electrically
and mechanically.