>The wind definitely blows the cell on the C-3 around. My AL1500 faults
>fairly often when the wind is blowing. During the CW SS contest last year,
>my C-3 failed. After getting up to the antenna and checking the problem, I
>found the coax connector at the balun had failed. I believe, without hard
>evidence, that two elements touched in the wind and caused this failure.
>Tom told me that he had not had a balun fail, and I had been using the
>antenna for about six months prior to the failure.
>
>I sure would like to see a factory fix for this problem. Otherwise, this is
>an excellent antenna and I highly recommend it.
FYI the higher wind rating versions, with larger, stiffer tubing, are less
prone to this.
73 John N5CQ
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