They had a Sommers tribander at the local club before I became
a member. From what I understand, all the element halves on one
side of the boom were cleaned off in a big El Nino wind storm
back in the mid-90's. I don't mean to knock the antenna too much
though. It was installed on top of a narrow 400' high ridge line that
is surrounded on 3 sides by nearby hills and mountains. The winds up
there are very irregular (lots of vortices and shear) and have been
clocked well in excess of 100 mph during storms like this.
73 de Mike, W4EF.........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julio" <jperalta@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 1:03 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Sommer Antennas
>
> Has anyone had any experience with the Sommer line of antennas? The
company
> is located here in Florida and they attend most of the bigger Florida
> hamfests. They will probably be at the Orlando hamfest next month and I
will
> be able to talk to them, if you guys give the antenna favorable comments.
>
> Julio
>
>
>
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