I should have read the postings a bit sooner... Got my C3 via UPS a week
ago. UPS aka Brown-Bombers totally trashed the carton, yet the contents
escaped unscathed!!! Assembly went quick and the C3 was hoisted to the roof
for tuning. Winds kicked up after lunch and ZZzzziiing! so did the SWR as
the elements surrounding the 20m element attempted to occupy the same space
in time as it. Not good, the breeze wasn't more than 20mph. Saturday evening
we had a few inches of snow and an icing condition on the elements. Major
drooping, although it took a stiffer breeze to bump the elements into each
other.
Suggestions?
--joe
DE KR6NA/0...Pine, Colorado
----- Original Message -----
From: John Langdon <jlangdon@outer.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 8:00 AM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Force 12 C-3 Problems
>
>
> >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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