[OZAPRS] OT: what to use for Antenna Tip?

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

Hey Andrew,

I have the length no worries (currently using a welding rod ;) ) - was more that i was assuming it was some special kind of steel, as it doesn't seem to rust.. - but it's definitely not stainless or gal..?

Hrrm, hadn't thought of fencing wire, that might be thick enough :)

Cheers,

DG

Damien Gardner Jnr
VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust
rendrag at rendrag.net -  http://www.rendrag.net/
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On 28/07/2010, at 9:46 AM, Andrew Gilbett wrote:

> Hi Damien,
> 
> I have a 10m mobile one whip, I can get the specs for the tip if u
> want (just have to go and measure it), but its going to be different
> length... but likely the same diameter.
> What I did to replace the tip was get some fencing wire and cut to the
> approximate length (on the long side) and just trim it to tune it the
> the frequency that you want. If the tip is not to long then it is
> fairly easy to straighten it out.
> 
> Thanks :-)
> Andrew Gilbett
> andrew.gilbett at gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 28 July 2010 09:39, Damien Gardner Jnr <rendrag at rendrag.net> wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>> I have a mobileone 30m whip on the car for HF APRS - it's a bloody great
>> little (well, not so little :-p) antenna, but I'm having hell getting a
>> replacement tip for it..  M1 have been nice enough to send me a couple of
>> replacements, but one was too short, and the other, the envelope arrived
>> without the tip! (actually the envelope arrived without the tip inside on
>> the first one too, but the envelope and tip were in an Auspost envelope..
>> this latest one, there was just no tip in either envelope!)  Seems Auspost
>> don't have any testing of envelopes before they go into the sorting
>> machines, to see if they'll actually BEND..which is a bit bizarre.. - I've
>> shipped THOUSANDS of LED's simply in an envelope with a sheet of thin card
>> either side, and never had a complaint from customers..
>> So anyway.. - I really don't want to hassle M1 any more.. - they don't seem
>> to want to tell me what the tip is (i.e. what type of steel, what diameter),
>> so wondering if anyone else has had to replace the tip on their M1 whip
>> themselves, and happens to know what I'm asking metaland to order in for me?
>> Cheers,
>> Damien
>> Damien Gardner Jnr
>> VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust
>> rendrag at rendrag.net -  http://www.rendrag.net/
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>> We rode on the winds of the rising storm,
>>  We ran to the sounds of thunder.
>> We danced among the lightning bolts,
>>  and tore the world asunder
>> 
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