Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ncsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!ncsu!rtn From: rtn@ncsu.UUCP (Robert T. Neece) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Quad Construction Message-ID: <2703@ncsu.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 12:56:04 EDT Article-I.D.: ncsu.2703 Posted: Thu Oct 18 12:56:04 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 12:46:35 EDT Organization: N.C. State University, Raleigh Lines: 25 I am considering building a quad antenna, and I have some questions I would like to ask the net: - Where can I get fiberglass spreaders, and are they worth the extra expense over bamboo? - I am considering mounting the antenna on a tripod on the roof of my two story house. What is a good tripod-rotator combination? I would like to locate the rotator below the top of the tripod to keep some of the stress off it. - I can get a 2-element boomless spider locally. Are boomless quads sturdy? - I am interested in anyones experience with quad construction, and the per- formance of the antenna. - I hope to make a tri-bander, so I am interested in feed methods too. I will appreciate your help. Please reply by mail, and I will post a follow- up article if there is interest. Thanks in advance, Robert T. Neece N4JEO