[UK-CONTEST] Fibre glass poles

Bob G3PJT g3pjt at btinternet.com
Fri Mar 21 12:17:47 EDT 2008


Hi  Clive

This depends on the wind conditions, my experience has been that unless 
they are properly supported to about 5-6 feet you do risk them folding over.
But that said you can repair them with a splint and a supply of tie wraps!
I have one element of the 4 square here which seemed quite susceptible 
to wind damage and I found that it was because when the wind blew it 
touched a branch of a tree - this didn't look very significant but it 
was enough to cause a problem.

73 Bob G3PJT


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