[TowerTalk] FYI: for owners of 15M6-125 yagis

[StellarCAT]

hmmmm.... ok.

I am keeping the heft of the -125 antenna (I found 2 of them locally like 
new for almost 1/2 the M6DX price new) ... and converting them to the newer 
(i.e. better modeling having been done) 15M6DX. The 3" 0.125" wall is rated 
at a very high value (well past 125 MPH) according to Yagi Mechanical! Most 
of the elements with the exception of one are easily rated at 125+ MPH. That 
one ends up being 120.

Gary
K9RX



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jorge Diez CX6VM
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 2:17 PM
To: StellarCAT
Cc: tower
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] FYI: for owners of 15M6-125 yagis

Converting a 15M6DX-125 to a 15M6DX?

Not understand, why?

The M2 antennas are over rated so will want to keep a stronger antenna

The 44ft boom wall is s joke!

I needed to replace my booms with the heavy duty version that they have to 
sell, but that you don't know of it till you have a problem and complain 
about this antenna

73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W

Enviado desde mi iPhone

> El 14 feb. 2016, a las 11:48, StellarCAT <rxdesign at ssvecnet.com> escribió:
>
> I purchased two of these recently for a good price – both in what seemed 
> to be great shape... I’m converting them to 15M6DX’s ... will be range 
> testing the conversion soon using a hex-copter and a extreme light weight 
> dipole/XG3 exciter ... anyway in rebuilding this antenna I found that 
> where the boom sections come together, the swaged ends now have ‘slots’ 
> where the bolt goes through! I’ll drill 2 new holes the proper diameter 
> and then add heavy duty rivets to help ensure this doesn’t happen again. 
> Only one of the 2 that I have has this – they were taken down from a stack 
> so I can only guess that it doesn’t happen always or maybe the top antenna 
> in that previous installation was the one that developed slots.
>
> Gary
> K9RX
>
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