[Waverley ARS] Seven Metre heavy duty Squid poles.

[Laurie Gordon]

My experience is that they are pretty flimsy and only of use in portable
situations. "Heavy Duty" in this case is only a relative description. I
think they should always be guyed if you are hanging any reasonable length
of wire. Once an antenna has been fixed, you probably only need one doubled
cord about two thirds up tied to two points opposite the way it is flexing.
Guy points do not have to be drilled as the thickening sections should
prevent the cord from slipping.

They don't seem to wobble too much in the wind, but because of the weight
(unless using very light antenna wire) you will never get the full height -
heretofore referred to as Transmitter's Droop! My preference is two poles to
hang both ends of a dipole although obviously only need be used for an
inverted V with the feedline weight being borne by the pole. In such an
inverted V formation, I would definitely be paying attention to proper
guying.

I recommend drilling a hole through the rubber knob at the top of the pole
and threading a short loop of nylon cord. You can then quickly attach
whatever you want without resorting to gaffer tape.

At Hornby Light I also used one of those metal squid pole/fishing pole
holders (about $10) that can be pushed or hammered into the ground. This
makes it quite stable.
 
All in all they are great to play with, but give me a decent tree any day!

Cheers all

73 Laurie VK2GZ



-----Original Message-----
From: members-bounces at us.cactii.net [mailto:members-bounces at us.cactii.net]
On Behalf Of Simon Buxton
Sent: Friday, 11 September 2009 2:21 PM
To: Vk2bv
Subject: Re: [Waverley ARS] Seven Metre heavy duty Squid poles.

Hi

Do these have a use for fixed stations as opposed to working portable, 
for example as wire antenna supports? Obviously they have good corrosion 
resistance, but what about withstanding winds stronger than usually 
experienced on portable operations? Apart from risk of breakage, would 
severe flexing affect wires or indeed signal strength, though some 
guying might be helpful?

Has anyone had experience?

73 Simon

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