[TVARC] Flagpole

[Paul Nittel]

Hi Larry -

Very sorry to hear about your flagpole. As one who also has a similar 
antenna, a couple of quick questions: Were you flying a flag at the time 
and was the break in the space between the two flagpole parts? Oh, and 
how large was the gap between the two parts before its, as Spacex would 
say, rapid unscheduled disassembly.?

Thanks, and 73,
Paul, KM4PIH

On 4/22/23 22:16, lrusso20 wrote:
>
> John, If you remember I was the first person to build your antenna 
> before you published. I used your exact part from Interstate Plastics. 
> I am sure we didn't both have the same batch. Mine was a perfectly 
> clean break.
> Regards,
> Larry K3tfu
>
>
>
> On April 22, 2023, at 8:51 PM, John Ellis <john.np2b at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> 
> 	Virus-free.www.avg.com 
> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> 
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM Larry <lrusso20 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>     Guess what? Mine just did the same thing.today
>     <http://thing.today> in Tamerind Grove. I WASN'T home at the time.
>
>     *Larry*- Chat @ Spike
>     <https://spikenow.com/r/a/?ref=spike-organic-signature&_ts=21iuzw>
>     	21iuzw
>
>
>     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
>         ______________________________________________________________
>         TVARC mailing list
>         Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/tvarc
>         Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>         Post: mailto:TVARC at mailman.qth.net
>
>         This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>         Please help support this email list:
>         http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
>
>     ______________________________________________________________
>     TVARC mailing list
>     Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/tvarc
>     Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>     Post: mailto:TVARC at mailman.qth.net
>
>     This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>     Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> John Ellis (NP2B)
> 1149 Mockingbird Lane
> The Villages, FL 32163
>
> telephone 352 633-2910
> facsimile  352 633-0401
> mobile     340 513-4928
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> TVARC mailing list
> Home:http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/tvarc
> Help:http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post:mailto:TVARC at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by:http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/tvarc/attachments/20230423/e25d1f07/attachment.html>