Antenna Maintenance Made Easy: Repairing Fan Dipole on a Tilt Over Mast | K7SW Ham Radio

[@hamradiowithkevin]

What was or is the hardest antenna repair that you have done ?

[@AndrewMurphy8383]

it call weather head power companys and the hardest antenna repair was a vhf repater antenna at a dudes house and a 10 to 80 fan dipole with the antenna mast up not took down

[@LuisPerez-xe6nu]

This hobby is amazing. I can’t imagine myself doing maintenance on my antennas. The longest I have an antenna set is two weeks tops. I keep six to eight antennas all the time, but I change them almost daily.

[@johnk8091]

Love the snow capped mountain in the background - SOTA ops in the summer months.

[@wb9iwn]

The device you have on the top is called a weather head. Typically used for decades to route overhead power feeds into a building.

[@45auto]

Glad to see someone with a tilt-over mast that more folks can afford. I've nothing against the big towers (and I would love one also) but they incredibly expensive.

[@hamradiowithkevin]

Thanks 45 👍

[@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures]

Great fix Kevin, the fan dipole was my first home built HF antenna.

[@hamradiowithkevin]

Great minds think alike

[@TheSmokinApe]

Nice work Kevin 👍

[@hamradiowithkevin]

Thanks Ape

[@Andy2e0ree]

Good job Kevin

[@hamradiowithkevin]

Thanks Andy