[TowerTalk] Any thoughts on spider-beams?

[Matthew King - KK4CPS]

Are you looking at spiderbeam.us?  They are located in Tennessee, making
shipping quite reasonable to anywhere in the states.

Good luck with your project!

73

Matt
AK4MK

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:31 AM, dw <bw_dw at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> I'm toying with the idea of making my first lower-band beam a
> spider-beam.
> From what I can see on their web-site, the lowest band they support is
> 30 meters.
> Eventually I will want a light-weight 40 meter 2 element.
> But that may be more than I can chew as my first attempt.
>
> So I'm toying with the idea of starting out with their 30 meter beam kit
> because its only 28 pounds and turning radius of 20 feet.
> And since I'm toying with getting it up an AB-577 military mast, the
> spider-beam minimal weight and size might make the process easier.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the Spider-beams?
> I'm especially curious if the shipping cost is going approximate the
> cost of the antenna?
>
> Thanks
> N1BBR
> --
>  Bw_dw at fastmail.net
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