<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hey Andrew,<div><br></div><div>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..?</div><div><br></div><div>Hrrm, hadn't thought of fencing wire, that might be thick enough :)</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>DG</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 28/07/2010, at 9:46 AM, Andrew Gilbett wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Damien,<br><br>I have a 10m mobile one whip, I can get the specs for the tip if u<br>want (just have to go and measure it), but its going to be different<br>length... but likely the same diameter.<br>What I did to replace the tip was get some fencing wire and cut to the<br>approximate length (on the long side) and just trim it to tune it the<br>the frequency that you want. If the tip is not to long then it is<br>fairly easy to straighten it out.<br><br>Thanks :-)<br>Andrew Gilbett<br><a href="mailto:andrew.gilbett@gmail.com">andrew.gilbett@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><br>On 28 July 2010 09:39, Damien Gardner Jnr <rendrag@rendrag.net> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hi Folks,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I have a mobileone 30m whip on the car for HF APRS - it's a bloody great<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">little (well, not so little :-p) antenna, but I'm having hell getting a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">replacement tip for it.. M1 have been nice enough to send me a couple of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">replacements, but one was too short, and the other, the envelope arrived<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">without the tip! (actually the envelope arrived without the tip inside on<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the first one too, but the envelope and tip were in an Auspost envelope..<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">this latest one, there was just no tip in either envelope!) Seems Auspost<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">don't have any testing of envelopes before they go into the sorting<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">machines, to see if they'll actually BEND..which is a bit bizarre.. - I've<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">shipped THOUSANDS of LED's simply in an envelope with a sheet of thin card<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">either side, and never had a complaint from customers..<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">So anyway.. - I really don't want to hassle M1 any more.. - they don't seem<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to want to tell me what the tip is (i.e. what type of steel, what diameter),<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">so wondering if anyone else has had to replace the tip on their M1 whip<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">themselves, and happens to know what I'm asking metaland to order in for me?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cheers,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Damien<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Damien Gardner Jnr<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">rendrag@rendrag.net - http://www.rendrag.net/<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">We rode on the winds of the rising storm,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> We ran to the sounds of thunder.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">We danced among the lightning bolts,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> and tore the world asunder<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">OZAPRS mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>OZAPRS mailing list<br>OZAPRS@aprs.net.au<br>http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>