[aprssig] new diamond x500hna

[Chris Rose]

I heartily second the Diamond X 50 short (4 feet or
so) one piece fiberglass antennas for any amateur
work.

Chris 
KB8UIH

--- "Doug Ferrell, KD4MOJ" <kd4moj at kd4moj.org> wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]On Behalf Of
> steve scott kd8s
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 4:02 PM
> To: aprssig at tapr.org
> Subject: [aprssig] new diamond x500hna
> 
> 
> Purchased a diamond x 500 hna for my aprs base
> station.
> 
> my plan is to install it on the top (hard to get to
> part)  of my tower.
> 
> anyone out there have suggestions on things i can do
> to make sure i don't
> have any problems down the road?
> 
> 73
> 
> steve scott
> las vegas
> 
> 
>    Yep... seal that sucker REAL GOOD!. IT WILL LEAK
> if you don't.... I have
> used 5 of the Diamond 2 and 3 section antennas in
> the past and they will
> suffer from water load no matter how tight you
> thread them. I once had to
> climb a 400 foot tower to repair it (replaced it
> actually). SO the only
> Diamond that I use now are the x50 series... ONCE
> PIECE fiberglass.
> 
> 
> ...DOUG
> kd4moj
> 
> 
> 
> 
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