[450] Antenna Project

[john.foege at gmail.com]

William,

I'm using nylon shoulder washers and stainless steel retaining rings just like you would see on an M2.

John
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-----Original Message-----
From: William Knapp / KC1WJ <kc1wj at kc1wj.com>

Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:23:55 
To: 144.450 Mailing List<450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>
Subject: Re: [450] Antenna Project


Wow!
How are you going to insulate the elements from the boom and keep them 
in place?



John Foege wrote:
> So the shim stock came in and I've got all three 8' sections stuck
> together EXTREMELY tightly. The boom looks great and is absolutely
> massive. I took a few pictures of the boom up on the drill press and
> roller stand, but I'm not sure the pictures I've attached really do
> the 24 foot boom justice. It's massive in real life.
>
> Check it out...let me know what you all think.
>
> Tomorrow I'm going to drill all the holes and cut the elements and
> then it's on to the t-match. Hopefully this behemoth will be up and on
> the air for the weekend (although I think Dave and I are going to die
> trying to get this sucker up on the roof).
>
> John
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