Jim wrote:
On a bad note, last night we had a freak severe windstorm that snapped
one of the base insulators, and now the whole thing is lying against
the eave of the house on about a 60 degree angle, so will have to
dismantle it and try to come up with some kind of insulator, as Hy
Gain changed the design of the whole base assembly (mine is circa
1960) and nothing they make now fits. I'm thinking of maybe turning
something out of Fiberglass rod or some type of strong non-conducting
material, and am open to suggestions Thanks for the article.

Take the broken one to your local college's pottery studio and ask if
someone can make you a porcelain one. The shape will change a bit when
it's fired, so you can't necessarily get tight tolerances on holes.
Consequently you make the holes small and then drill them out with a
ceramic bit. Or you make them large and accept the slop.
--scott


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