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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>HI Damien</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have used SS welding wire as used in TIG welders
but it is too soft & goes brittle & breaks. Most welding wire is too
soft although the bronze one mentioned may be better. If you are interested I
have some SS whips here as used on mobile installations.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They are 1200 mm long & taper from 2.5mm at
base to 1mm at tip. Probably depends on what method is used to secure the tips
in place. My HF whip has a home made tip of brass with two 3mm SS grub screws in
from opp sides to hold the tip. But they do not dig into the SS whips as well as
the welding wirevso they come loose & get lost so I have to carefully grind
small imdents into the tip for the screws to hold.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think you said yours was 3mm or so, so the whips
I have may be too small. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you want any let me know as they roll up to be
postable. Have just sent one across the ditch to SA.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rory</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rory Deans ZL3HB<BR>1382 Tramway
Rd<BR>Dunsandel<BR>RD2 Leeston<BR>Canterbury 7682<BR>New
Zealand<BR>03 3254181</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ozaprs@aprs.net.au
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:39
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [OZAPRS] OT: what to use for
Antenna Tip?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Folks,
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<DIV>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..</DIV>
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<DIV>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?</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
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<DIV>Damien</DIV>
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