Spiderbeam Mast Down

by w5fcx | Aug 31, 2019 | Antennas, Spiderbeam | 0 comments

This time around the Spiderbeam HD antenna and mast made it two years before succumbing to the winds of a thunderstorm. Here are the pictures.

BEFORE

View from the water

View from below

Side view

Under – facing North (no guy line to South)

AFTER

View from the South

Zoomed view

It’s clear that the Kevlar guy lines, each rated for 750 lbs breaking strength, did not give way. The aluminum mast crumpled under the force anyway…

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