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[TowerTalk] Re: "Broken Elements"... but not with TH6

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: "Broken Elements"... but not with TH6
From: RLVZ@aol.com (RLVZ@aol.com)
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:39:18 EST
That's one of the great advantages of the Hy-Gain TH-6 and TH-7.  They stay 
together when monobanders and flimsy antennas often fall apart.  73, Richard- 
NO4S

In a message dated 2/12/02 8:13:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, k3nd@yahoo.com 
writes:

<< They sure do! My first yagi was a home made 3 EL 20M
 on a 20 ft boom.  All this was constructed before we
 knew anything about taper schedules, wind loading,
 etc. As I recall, it used only three sizes of aluminum
 tubing (1.125, 1.00, and .875 inch, all .058 wall). 
 That thing used to literally eat element tips!  Must
 have replaced 3 - 4 a year.  I didn't have rope in the
 elements either as no one had filled me in on that
 trick. Got tired of fixing it (at the top of the
 tower) so I took it down and sold it. Have had a TH6
 up since 1978 and haven't lost an element yet. We used
 to occasionally lose element tips on the Hygain
 10/15/20 monobanders at W3GM also. >>

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