[SFDXA] [FCG] Force 12 antennas

[Eric Smitt]

I have a C31XR up on my tower at 125 feet.  In Mathew and Irma, the antenna
survived with prolonged gusts exceeding 100 MPH for several hours.  No
elements came loose and antenna is in 100% good shape.  On my smaller 45
foot tower, I had a Force 12 WARC-7 with a M2 7 el 6M Yagi, a 215WB and a
32 el 432 yagi stacked, and at the top, a homebrew Waller Flag made from
heavy fiberglass.  We "possibly" had a tornado come thru that destroyed the
Waller Flag, breaking all of it, still hanging on with the loop wires.  The
mast bent 20 degrees, the 215WB broke in 2, but the WARC 7 is intact.
Force 12 Antennas seem to be the Timex of the antennas - they take a
licking and still come out ticking !

Sorry about your problems, Vant.

Eric K9ES


On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 5:25 PM, LaVant Morell <k4lm at comcast.net> wrote:

> A week after the hurricane my 17 meter element fell off my 12/17
> duobander.  The element to boom bracket rivets failed and the element
> slide off the boom.  Might be a good idea the next time you work on a
> Force 12 antenna that you use through bolts instead of rivets on the
> boom to element brackets.
>
> Since I have older antennas, I was surprised to see that my 40 yo.
> TH-6DXX did not rotate on the mast and looked to be in prefect shape,
> with same swr as before.
>
> The 160 meter inverted L and the 40 meter EDZ had no problems.
>
>
> Vant K4LM
>
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