Inspection of the Hustler 4BTV antenna
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A loose spider arm not seated in bracket. |
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Top view of securing screw. |
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Nuts on bottom of spider arm. |
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A loose spider arm not seated in bracket. |
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Top view of securing screw. |
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Nuts on bottom of spider arm. |
Hi Mike. I assume these are hollow tubes which will deform pretty easily. Consider finding something hard that will just barely slip inside, something like a dowel. Drill this for the bolt. Then when you tighten down you’ll be compressing this hard material too, not just the Al tube. Just a thought. Hope your storm causes no damage. 73, Elwood
Elwood as always it’s very nice to hear from you, the storm came and went and the antenna was safe in the shed. I never thought of putting dowelling in the tubing great idea. DX Engineering does sell a reinforced lower section of tubing. The issue is the shipping is more than the tubing and I am not going to spend double the money to get the product. For now, I will just check the weather forecast and take it down when needed.
73,
Mike
VE9KK
Good morning again Elwood, just realized part of the reply was removed by me by mistake, as for the Dowling as said it’s a great idea and I am going to check with Home Depot to see what sizes they have. That sure would help stop the hollow rod from becoming loose.
73,
Mike
VE9KK
Hi Mike, when I read your concern & looked at the pics my thoughts were the same as Elwoods. easy fix & I bet that’s all that DX Engineering does, except with new arms.
Good morning George very nice to hear from you, now that the winter is here I am not going to get too excited about modifying the legs of the cap hat. I will keep an eye on the antenna and if and when I have to take it down due to possible high winds I will give it a look over.
73 and have a great week George,
Mike
VE9KK