In my case it broke right at that gap between the aluminum parts of the pole, and I was flying a flag!

Greg

KA9WPG 

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On Apr 23, 2023, at 3:06 PM, lrusso20 <[email protected]> wrote:



I was not flying a flag at the time. The gap was about 2 in. Here are pictures of the break.
Regards,
Larry K3tfu

On April 23, 2023, at 1:45 PM, Paul Nittel <[email protected]> wrote:

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 <[email protected]> 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 

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On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM Larry <[email protected]> wrote:

Guess what? Mine just did the same thing.today in Tamerind Grove. I WASN'T home at the time.

Larry - Chat @ Spike

On April 22, 2023 at 23:28 GMT, Greg Weisheipl <[email protected]> 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

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