http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/ SPIDERBEAM Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:48:56 GMT philip.painter@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1742 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1742 Rick Thanks for that. Yes I have the regular version and the smaller diameter antenna mounting pole since I have the 15m mast. I plan to get replacement tubes Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:32:04 GMT philip.painter@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1741 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1741 That sounds like a really good Idea, Harold. Thanks. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:30:34 GMT philip.painter@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1740 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1740 Thanks, Larry I don't think I was being too optimistic. The antenna had been up since 1st June and, apart from the scouring of the antenna pole, had been Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:50:03 GMT sp5cfd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1739 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1739 Thank you very much, Rick. This is what I exactly needed to know. 73 & best DXs! Peter, SP5CFD Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:30:17 GMT Rick Westerman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1738 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1738 Hi Peter, The mast needs to be about 4 to 5 ft. long and the aluminum needs about 2mm wall thickness. You can see what Spiderbeam uses, and then look for Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:53:15 GMT sp5cfd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1737 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1737 Hi all! I will try to replace on mast my 5 elements 6 meters band Yagi with 5 bands HD Spiderbeam. The mast is 9 meters high with 3 steel tubes of 50 mm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:37:21 GMT larry allen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1736 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1736 Greetings.... With all due respect to the spider beam antenna company, who is sponsoring this yahoo group... before you put up any antenna you should always Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:41:27 GMT Rick Westerman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1735 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1735 Philip, It was not clear to me if you use the Portable or HD version. It seems maybe the Portable since you talk about replacing the centre with the HD Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:35:15 GMT Michael Weissman, M.D. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1734 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1734 I tightened the U bolts to the point where the mast was very slightly crimped. Now any rotation slip in high winds is between the top mast section and the one Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:22:52 GMT Harold Burton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1733 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1733 Could one tighten the u-bolt, then drill perpendicular thru clamp body and pole and insert a bolt to pin pole and clamp body together. That might help prevent Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:42:37 GMT philip.painter@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1732 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1732 Down here in my part of South France we have quite strong winds [Tramontane] gusting to 130 kph so my 15m Spiderbeam aluminium pole was at only 10m but the Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:52:23 GMT ik7jwx2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1731 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1731 I sended email, by the spiderbeam wew site, to df4sa@... and info@... : have you received it ? I need the immediate answer for a probable Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:56:02 GMT Gary http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1730 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1730 K6JAJ Gary K6JAJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:39:25 GMT DF4SA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1729 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1729 Hi Daniel, OK very nice, thank you for posting the photos at http://www.f1uvn.com/Spider160m.htm and I wish good luck for the installation this weekend .. 73 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:40:29 GMT nick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1728 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/1728 I am taking my Spiderbeam to West Africa in 3 weeks where I expect to be able to get my hands on a 20 foot pole to mount it on the hotel roof. Would welcome