Hi Spider-group, yesterday night I returned from a 2-weeks busisness trip to the Middle East and as usually when I have a day off I woke up early to see what...
Hay spidergang, Same thing happened to me last year on the Canaries prior to the ARRL contest.A very big storm hit us ..I had the antenna 40 m up on a roof...
Wow, very sorry too hear about the loss of the spiderbeam. I can understand it I loss three antennas one winter here in Rhode Island. I manage to repair them...
Gentlemen, it is good to hear about your experiments under such extreme conditions (even though these were not original designs but homebrew adaptions by DF9GR...
Hello, I am curious to see the details of the "Spiderbeam Heavy Duty Version" as the Spiderbeam, due to it´s incredible performance, was (and still is) my...
I wonder if anyone is using a Spiderbeam with a Hazer "tower trolly" setup (http://www.glenmartin.com/catalog/page10.html). I had been considering a Spider,...
Dear Hank, [I am forwarding this to the yahoo mailing list as well, because it might be of interest to others] many thanks for the picture - great !! It will...
... to ... we ... the ... was ... I ... I ... Loss". ... new ... Hi Rene: Rope tension is a big issue. We do not realize how strong the force can be in strong...
Hi every one I am one of those that has put the Spiderbeam up on a permanent bases. The antenna is up about 15 feet above the roof of the house. I am using an...
Hey OM, As far as I can remember the AR 40 has NO brake so wouldn't help.Better try to find a second hand Ham M or Ham II from CDE . Now HyGain. These have a...
Sorry for my wrong info .I must have mixed with another type. GL and seasons greetings Jim ... http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM ... ...
I use an AR-40 for a 4-element h/b 17M beam on a 20' boom which has a 'dummy' fiberglass element (old quad arms) between the first director and the long-spaced...
Jay Thanks for the information. I assume that the AR-40 does have some type of brake built in or the spiderbeam would windmill on you even in a light wind. I...
Gene, as far as I'm aware, the AR-40 has no braking action other than the gear ratio. The next one in that class is the CD-45 II (8.5' sq w/thurust bearing;...
Hi Gene, the |AR40 does not have any breack control. You may use the CD45 rotor but you will not control the end of limits switches. You will need a HAM rotor...
Hello everybody, I have used the AR-40 lots of times even on a 2ele quad. It was used at the bottom of a 30ft steel tube mast. The mast was guyed at the top, ...
I believe you are right about the 5² ft rating at least on the older ones. The newer listing in some catalogs is much less. I have had good success with the...
Hello everybody, as mentioned a little while ago, we heard of so many people using their Spiderbeam in a permanent installation, it was time to design...
Nice news Con... I think the heavy duty version is nice idea... altrough I think the trick
for the permanet use is the central cros... if the central cross is...
For boom - aluminium first section can be but for two spriders I dont think so. It must be calculated with performance of antena specially the nearest elements...
Exactly, I dont think aluminium spreaders would be a good idea. They would most probably interact with the driven elements. I would rather leave out any ...
Yes Wes.. aff course 2 tubes, but 4 segments... like your sistem... I think te interlaptions with the elements is not big...... naturally it the
alluminum tube...
Sri for this: it is always not too late for us The first email was send from other adresse for our group of spiderbeam Juergen allowed to do that 73 Wes SP4Z ...
A Wonderfull Christmhas to everybody and 2006 full of sucess Best wishes Luis - CT3EE CT3EE - Luis P.O. Box 2608 9051-801 Funchal Madeira Island Portugal ...
Happy new year all I have just joined the group and am looking for the 4nec2 file of the 5band spiderbeam to experiment with, before putting one up next year. ...
Hi to all All of the best to everybody for 2006. I have not started yet with my beam I was moving my QTH to Pretoria from the north of the country close to the...
Also from me and my family to all spiderbeam fans a very Happy an Healthy New Year 2006 . 73 de Jim ON5UM __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good -...
