[TVARC] Flagpole

[John Ellis]

Larry, Greg,

I have never heard of such a thing  happening. I would like to see the
broken piece.

The material that I used goes under
the commercial trade name of "Delrin."
It was manufactured by Interstate
Plastics and the invoice description
simply says "natural acetal rod."

The article was published in the
September 2017 issue of QST
and I have gotten feedback from
folks all over the country. I have
never heard of the rod breaking.

I have heard of the *pole* snapping
ABOVE the rod, but I have never
heard of a single case of the rod
itself, snapping.

I am thinking you folks must have
gotten something else or they might
have had a bad batch, I don't know.
That is why I would like to see a
piece of what broke and a copy of
the invoice / packing list, if you might
happen to have kept it.

Could I get a piece from one of you?

Thanks & 73,
John, NP2B



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On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM Larry <lrusso20 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Guess what? Mine just did the same thing.today in Tamerind Grove. I WASN'T
> home at the time.
>
> *Larry* - Chat @ Spike
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> On April 22, 2023 at 23:28 GMT, Greg Weisheipl <gweisheipl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> FYI:
>
> Did not think it was possible, but I came home this evening to a flagpole
> laying across my driveway. Upon further examination, the acetal rod inside
> the first five feet of the pole had snapped right off. It must have blown
> pretty hard here this afternoon in St. Charles to cause that to snap!
> Anyway, back to builder mode again! Not particularly happy I have to
> repair, but that is the life of an amateur radio operator!
>
> Greg
> KA9WPG
>
> Sent from my iPhone in The Villages, Florida
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John Ellis         (NP2B)
1149 Mockingbird Lane
The Villages, FL 32163

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