Hello All, After a long search on the Internet I found the spiderbeam. I'm very interested in the mast you are all (?) using. I ould like to use the 15 meter...
Hello Ronald, sorry for my late reply to your direct request via the Spiderbeam Online shop. I have just sent an answer to you in a private eMail. First as an...
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Hello Er, as mentioned before, you can get all our antennas, masts etc. in our online shop at www.spiderbeam.net/sb. Please choose from the menu on the left,...
Hello Spiderbeamers! We used 5 band Spiderbeam and 80&160 meter vertical (aluminium and Spiderbeam pole) on our Field Day operation. Second time I was building...
Hi Jukka: Thanks for the account of your experience. I saw your report on the Elecraft list as well. Since I too use a spiderbeam and a K2/100 I thought I...
I have a heavy duty 5 band spider beam , but I would like to make one for 40 and 80 mtrs , or both together.Can anyone put me in contact with someone who has...
I brought my 20-17-15 Spiderbeam kit to this weekend's S61FD field day in Singapore. Technically we got it on the air and made two QSOs (two VR2's) on 20m, but...
Hello Michael (I guess that is you, your callsign was missing in the eMail below..?) sorry to hear about the problems. You say the antenna was relatively low...
Here is a photo showing the layout of our field day operation http://flickr.com/photos/karavshin/185977728/ Would hate to blame it on low height or the...
Hello Michael, thanks for sharing the picture. I am not completely sure yet what caused the problem but I would NOT rule out the low height ! The fact that 20m...
Hi Con Just wanted to give you a heads up on what is happening as I am sure you are aware that Swains is now officially a DX entity and we are getting ready to...
Hello: I am planning to purchase a fiberglass pole for amateur antenna purposes. I have a number of questions and thoughts that I would appreciate comments...
One thing I didn't consider properly when I bought the spiderbeam was how i'd mount it. It's really, really huge. I guess as an american, I kept reading 10m...
Dear Michael, Have a look at our aluminium masts at http://www.spiderbeam.net/sb/index.php?cat=c12_Aluminium%20Masts.html The only reason we are offering them...
Hi Kristinn, thanks for your interest, I will intersperse my answers between your questions below ... I would not advise using the guy rings that are meant to...
Hi Larry, Sorry for the delay - I only saw this message today. I was offline from the group for some days.. It is very exciting to hear that KH8SI will be on...
Hello, Con - and thanks a lot for a detailed and clear reply. A few clarifications back from me: ROTATING THE POLE: The reason I want to do this is that I...
Hi Kristinn, OK I understand about the rotatable dipole made from Fiberglass - yes that should be a nice option for a 2nd antenna. I am sure you can get...
I use one old-type pole for three years as vertical exposed to wind and UV. I don't see any effect, except some very light fade of black color on the south...
Stupid me... I forgot the most important... In our clubstation, HG6N we use 4 of the 10m poles as a 40m HB9CV (the wire of the elements is attached to the...
Hi all, I have an simple antenna, a 5 band omnidirectional horizontal polarization square halo, something similar to the CobbWebb. It has been up for over 10...
Hi KF8ZN, sorry we have not yet managed to ship the 60' Spiderbeam pole to our US distributor www.thewireman.com It will take a little longer. We can certainly...
Hello all, Thanks to everybody for their input. Let me add a few comments here: 1.) Any kind of fiberglass, even those that are UV-stabilized, will eventually...
Hi all, It has been a while since we purchased our Spiderbeam. We recently also bought one of the 15 meter masts to go with it. Both are excellent and we...
Hi Ian, wow, nice pictures, thanks for sharing them! One question from over here. It looks like if you extended the telescopic to its full length (or at least...