[TVARC] flagpole damage

Fri Nov 11 14:59:42 EST 2022

Rich/W4RJA,

I've never had or seen any bug issue around the ground lights. But then 
the flagpole (on my homesite) is almost 80' from the house. This picture 
is pre-landscaping, and pre-house next door. The picture does show the 
"Ground Screen", remote tuner, DX-Engineering Tilt-over, and the 4 
ground lights.

73,

Rich, ND4G

------ Original Message ------
>From "George Briggs" <k2dm at comcast.net>
To "Larry Sheridan" <larry10782 at gmail.com>
Cc "villages reflector" <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
Date 11/11/2022 1:52:02 PM
Subject Re: [TVARC] flagpole damage

>I also ran a wire pair in the conduit next to the coax. I put it there 
>if I ever want to use a remote tuner without running the 12v on the 
>coax. It bailed me out a couple of years ago when my MFJ remote tuner 
>went belly up. I hauled out my trusty SGC tuner, and it worked like a 
>champ. I’m not sure why we are all in love with 12v over the coax.
>George K2DM
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>>On Nov 11, 2022, at 1:43 PM, Larry Sheridan <larry10782 at gmail.com> 
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>Rich: great idea on adding a light wire to the coax conduit, I'm 
>>stealing that idea!
>>
>>Larry K4LES
>>
>>On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 11:47 AM Rich Antolick <ra77 at rantolick.net> 
>>wrote:
>>>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> 
>>>>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> On Behalf Of John Ellis
>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2022 8:55 PM
>>>>To: villages reflector <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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>John Ellis         (NP2B)
>>>>
>>>>1149 Mockingbird Lane
>>>>The Villages, FL 32163
>>>>
>>>>telephone 352 633-2910
>>>>facsimile  352 633-0401
>>>>mobile     340 513-4928
>>>>
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