[NLRS] VB28FM EyeBolts??

[KBØNLY]

I wish I could afford something better, but on my budget, and with two kids 
and all the bills that go with it, not likely.  Hence why I get into these 
positions.  The only new antenna I have bought in something like five years 
was the 6m yagi I just got, and it's not a hygain or cushcraft, its an Arrow 
Antenna, and if they had a 8el or larger 2m yagi I would be buying it in a 
heartbeat.  Their antennas are built to last.

Scott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj at ispwest.com>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] VB28FM EyeBolts??


>
>
> On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 01:17 -0600, KBØNLY wrote:
> <SNIP>
>>
>> PS: You would think a man could find something as simple as an eyebolt 
>> that
>> is both stainless steel and has a inside eye diameter of 3/16", but
>> noooooooo, nobody makes them, sells them, or even know what I am talking
>> about when I call them.  Grrr... Once this antenna is done and up I swear 
>> to
>> god I won't buy anything Hy-Gain again.  Now I wish I would have saved 
>> for
>> another half year or whatever it would have taken to get the 10el 
>> Cushcraft
>> from Universal for $89.95.  Try to save a few bucks after spending nearly
>> $650 in the last couple months on stuff for the tower and take a swift 
>> kick
>> in the rear doing so.
>>
>>
> Bending a wire to a circle with ID equal the wire diameter is hard.
> Works best only when glowing hot. Otherwise it cracks and you loose
> strength. Or you start with a bolt with a head smashed flat and you
> drill. From McMaster both designs cost several bucks an eyebolt.
>
> The Hygain antenna design is schlock. The element is supported for
> uplift only at a line and its easy to partly shear the element when
> tightening the nut on the ubolt. Have you seen a HyGain at a Central
> States VHF antenna measuring lately?
>
> As for crumcraft, that's all I'll say. HyGain and crumcraft have lead
> the barrage of exaggerated gain claims and still are producing junk
> designs from 40 years ago that miss the gain claims by 5 dB.
>
> The last crumcrafts around here shed their elements, half an element at
> a time.
>
> The good beams are from M2, Directive Systems and  Ariane
> Arrays http://www.ariane-arrays.com/ I like the feed of the M2 a bit
> better for standing up to rain, snow, and ice but they all work as
> advertised unlike those from HyGain and crumcraft. And the ones I've
> bought have arrived with spare element mounting parts not short, though
> the last one from Directive systems had 1/4" ubolts and 5/16" ubolt
> nuts. Fortunately SS nuts are easy to find locally.
> -- 
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ,
> All content copyright Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer
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