From:
Fred Hopengarten K1VR 781/259-0088
Six Willarch Road
Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
permanent e-mail address: fhopengarten@mba1972.hbs.edu
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:37:30 +0200 "Ragnar Otterstad"
<otterstad@inet.uni2.dk> writes:
>The coil- to- element attatchment tends to become very intermittent
>and you never know when you have a beam for a totally different
frequency.
K1VR: They now use a stainless steel screw and that problem is not the
problem it once was. They changed that screw in 1997, I believe.
>If they would clean up their act and use more durable parts it was an
>antenna I would recommend.
K1VR: I suffered a broken boom last winter, and ordered the ruggedizing
kit from W9RE. Worth the effort and cost.
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