[UK-CONTEST] Digital on 160

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Andy Swiffin wrote:
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>If anyone was interested in those fibre glass telescopic poles Stuart 
>(AFF) was asking about I've now got one of the DX-Wire ones as well as 
>my original Walter Spieth dk9sq one (from Sycom).   If anyones 
>interested I can give a more detailed comparison but the main thing is 
>that the DX-Wire one is quite a lot longer when collapsed and also, I 
>think, heavier.  The dk9sq is of course shorter when extended, I liked 
>the metal reinforcing rings at the end of the lower sections which the 
>DX-Wire one doesn't have, but the dx-wire pole seems to be chunkier so 
>it probably doesn't matter.

Chunkier still is the Spiderbeam 12m pole. It's actually a bit shorter 
than 12m, but standing up very well at this exposed QTH with a bit of 
help from some binder twine.

The top section is 8mm so it supports an inverted-V much better than the 
SQ or the DX-wire which taper to 3mm. Big difference in price, though, 
79 Euro as opposed to 49 for the DX-Wire one. At that price I'd have 
liked to see some reinforcing rings on the lower sections.

http://www.spiderbeam.net/sb/product_info.php?info=p3_Spiderbeam%20HD%201
2m%20fiberglass%20pole.html
or a shorter link via
http://tinyurl.com/eg7du

http://www.dx-wire.de/brit/


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73 from Ian GM3SEK