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Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2185 Times Thanked : 52 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 149
Subject: Re: 5/8 Silver Rod Installation Tue Aug 09, 2022 2:23 pm
Pole is a bit thin by the looks of it.
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Call Sign : 163-CT-329 Posts : 407 Times Thanked : 12 Join date : 2022-04-05 QTH or Location : Flintshire Equipment Used : CRT SS 9900, CRT SS3900 and frequency counter, Ranger 2950DX, Manor Kestrel, tti 881n, Sirio 4000 Sirio gainmaster, sirio and firestick dipole antennas, CRT space U, Sirio SU375-480 PL antenna, UV5R's x2,
Subject: Re: 5/8 Silver Rod Installation Tue Aug 09, 2022 3:25 pm
Here's an interesting site on brackets with a bit of humour.
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Subject: Re: 5/8 Silver Rod Installation Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:26 am
Victor wrote:
Remember to spread the load if attaching a honking big scaffold pole and antenna atop them, (place the brackets further apart). Put them too close together and it's like holding a broom handle at the tip with a thumb and finger....one good gust of wind or months maybe years of rattling around and those brackets will fail or even pull the brickwork from your house!
Oh this happened to me I mounted a cb antenna silver rod my then girlfriends place had the brackets what i thought was a good spacing but in reality too close together resulting in a death defying trip up a wet greasy wooden ladder in a gale to get the thing down, and i do not enjoy heights.
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Subject: Re: 5/8 Silver Rod Installation 
