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Re: [TowerTalk] Portable operation with beam

To: "James C. Hall, MD" <nwtcc@earthlink.net>,Tower Talk <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Portable operation with beam
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 22:04:15 -0500
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At 08:52 PM 3/7/04 -0600, James C. Hall, MD wrote:
I'm working on our club Field Day prep. We will have a new F12 C3S to work with and I have a question on construction. How do DX'peditioners package, transport, and later, construct these beams ? Surely they don't pop rivet the whole thing and then drill them all out. I have imagined constructing half an element and then color-code tape the element for later matching. Then at the site, use a rivet without the stem at the joint and just tape it in position. I have transported antennas for portable ops using thin-wall PVC tubes with caps.


Exactly right, though you really don't need a "stem-ectomy." Just tape 'em in.


73, Pete N4ZR Check out the World HF Contest Station Database Updated 9 Jan 04 www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm



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