John, my flagpole antenna suffered no damage whatsoever from Nicole!

I built it to spec exactly per the article you published on page 33 of the September 2017 issue of QST magazine.

I think a key factor was the acetal polyoxymethylene rod in your design.  The flagpole did some swaying in the storm, but it did not break!

73,

John

W4GD

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Ellis
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2022 8:55 PM
To: villages reflector <[email protected]>
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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The Villages, FL 32163  

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