BTW, Dave: If you ever do disassemble that tubing over tubing joint, put a
solid block of something inside where the bolts go through. No tubing is
strong enough to resist collapse when you tighten the through bolts enough.

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Crazy George
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"Dave Head" wrote in message
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We've got a moderate wind right now, and the antenna is doing about 5
degrees
of swing, so i think it helped. Will probably tilt it over in a couple
weeks,
drill some more 3/8" holes, and tighten them down smartly as well.

BTW, for anyone with a quad that has "hose clamp" construction to hold the
spreaders, it pays to retighten them. Nearly all of mine were stretched,
and
this antenna hasn't been up all that long - a few months.

Dave Head
K8DH