[TVARC] flagpole damage

[Rich Antolick]

The top light I used did a good job but I also have a Villages street lamp as I’m on a corner lot but that alone is not proper flag lighting.  The issue I’ve heard from people with ground up lighting is they seem to attract many more bugs.  When I put in my flagpole I did run a 12 gauge pair for DC power to support ground lighting.  Any input on bugs around your ground light?

Thanks,
Rich
W4RJA

From: Rich Erlichman <rich.erlichman at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2022 11:15 AM
To: Rich Antolick <ra77 at rantolick.net>
Cc: villages reflector <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TVARC] flagpole damage

I never liked the light on top. It just doesn’t light up enough. Possibly because it is too close to the flag and (my opinion) does not do it justice. I found on Amazon some amazing lights that you ground mount around the base of the flagpole pointed up and it makes the flag look great at night.
73, Rich, nd4g
Sent from my iPhone 13 Pro


On Nov 11, 2022, at 8:21 AM, Rich Antolick <ra77 at rantolick.net<mailto:ra77 at rantolick.net>> wrote:

My Greyline flagpole made it through both storms without issue.  I did take the flag off for the high wind days.

On another topic my flagpole light died a week or so before Nicole just less than 3 years old.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008IOZNJI?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Is that typical or do you have a solar flag light that had better longevity?

Rich
W4RJA

From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net<mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net<mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net>> On Behalf Of John Ellis
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2022 8:55 PM
To: villages reflector <tvarc at mailman.qth.net<mailto:tvarc at mailman.qth.net>>
Subject: [TVARC] flagpole damage

GA folks,

Hope everyone did okay during Nicole,
it could have been much worse!

Just out of curiosity, has anyone who
has used a flagpole for an antenna,
suffer any significant storm damage?
If so, it might be helpful to future users,
to know what are potential trouble spots,
to know what failed, how and/or why it
failed, construction details, etc.

Since the flagpole is such a popular antenna
here, it would be nice to offer some thoughts
to new users based on the experience of
others.

73,
John, NP2B


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John Ellis         (NP2B)
1149 Mockingbird Lane
The Villages, FL 32163

telephone 352 633-2910
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mobile     340 513-4928
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