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...
I have used similar flexible poles with dipoles and when I got a dipole wire stuck in a tree, I destroyed the fiberglass pole trying to get it free. These...
Hello Robert, let me try to answer your questions below 1.) Yes for building portable inverted L antennas with a lightweight pole like this I would always...
Hello Robert, let me try to answer your questions below 1.) Yes for building portable inverted L antennas with a lightweight pole like this I would always...
Con, just keeping you updated re the 40 mtr monster beam. The central hub was finished today so we can start building the actual antenna this coming weekend. ...
Hello Ton, OK I see you have already found a solution regarding the VELCRO. I am posting the reply to your SWR measurement questions to the Spiderbeam YAHOO...
Hello , I'm looking for someone who really stack two spiderbeams (same bands or 20/15/10 over 30/17/12) . What is the spacing between them ? Do you use 90°...
Does anyone know if it is possible to helicaly wind a full quarter wave on 80m round the 18m pole? Are there any disadvantages, narrow band width, problem...
Does anyone know if it is possible to helicaly wind a full quarterwave on 80m round the 18m pole? Are there any disadvantages, narrow band width, problem...