how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
 

"Pete" wrote in message
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Topaz305rk wrote:

What common tool can be used to do this ? This steel whip sure is
tough

In the field, use a set of linemen pliers.

When I worked for a two-way radio company, we used to use a pair of small
bolt-cutters to trim antennas.

VK3ZMB

If you're talking a good quality whip, like one made from 6140, you will
ruin your pliers or even the best bolt cutters you can find. They may work
on cheap whips, like the ones on discount store CB antennas, but not on a
good quality whip. And it seems that some of the 'thinner' whips are
tougher than the thicker whips.

Notch it with a file or an impregnated fiberglass wheel on a rotary tool,
than bend it sharply and it should snap off clean. The harder the steel and
the more difficult it is to cut, it seems the more brittle it gets, and the
easier it is to snap.

how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
 

John Smith wrote:
On 8/22/2010 10:59 AM, kb9rqz wrote:
wrote in message

I has used gavies flase teath a few time seem to make claen cut four
me most
time weh i cut teh diaploes.


Hacksaw, the tool of professionals. Boltcutters work on the cheap SS
whips, but a good spring steel whip can divit bolt cutters. A carbide
cutting disk in a dremel tool or grinder is another option.

For those "tool challenged" a hacksaw blade with several wraps of duct
tape around one end will work.

Regards,
JS


Sawzall!

how to cut whip of 2 meter antenna ?
 

For the best cut I use a hand Phaser

73

Panzer240 wrote:

"James" wrote in
lnet:







When I worked in the Mobile radio business as a tech, we used to use a small
triangular file. Score the whip with it and then take a pair of lineman's
pliers and just snap it off. Quick and simple.