[TowerTalk] Hex beam assembly time?

W0MU Mike Fatchett w0mu at w0mu.com
Wed Feb 21 16:27:34 EST 2018


They call theirs a spider beam.  3 ele on 20, 15, 2 on 17,12 and 4 on 
10.  It looks more like V beams than loops. 
https://www.spiderbeam.com/pdf_files/spider_specification_english.pdf

W0MU


On 2/21/2018 12:34 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
> How do they make it into a  H E X A G O N A L shape with 4 rods????
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> On 2/21/2018 9:14 AM, Dave Thompson wrote:
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>> Gang,
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>> There are a lot of HEX beams.  I see MFJ has gotten into the game, too.
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>> I looked through all the hex beams and the spider beam seems to be 
>> the best of the lot as it has more than 2 elements on 10, 15, and 
>> 20.  It is tough to put together. Vibroplex sells this hex beam. It 
>> only needs 4 spacer rods rather than 6
>> but be sure to get the one for fixed installation.
>>
>> As I recall Vibroplex used to sell a couple of others that went 
>> together fast for portable installation, too.  One was a hex beam in 
>> a bag.
>>
>> 73 Dave K4JRB
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