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...
df4sa wrote: Hi Ian, wow, nice pictures, thanks for sharing them! You are very welcome Con. To answer your question, we had plenty of people. To put it up ...
I recently looked at maxi-gain site and he has 8 foot fiberglass sections with the proper dim . I was wondering has anyone used these spreaders for the...
Hi all, Looking for information on what size Rotator to use with the Spiderbeam. I have tried the standard TV types but they tend to spin with the wind. I...
... I am wondering the same thing you are did u get any amswers ..if not do you think the number 14 wire from home depot wil degrade the performance that much...
Hello, Does anyone one have some experience of making a 160m inverted L out of a 18m Spider-Pole. I can see no problem of making a vertical on 80m etc, but an...
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