thompson@mindspring.com wrote:
>
> 3. Use shims under the strap.
>
> I am choosing #3...probably will make my own shims from some aluminum >I have
> left over from some McMaster-carr sheets.
Hi Dave.
Be sure to put some kind of coating or something on the shims. I put up
a 40 meter vertical and used some shims on it, and after a while, it got
a bunch of corrosion between the shim and the antenna. Also it became
loose and one shim fell out as the antenna worked back and forth in the
wind.. 73
Tom W7WHY
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