A few days ago we had a bit of a storm come through which brought down one of my extending fibreglass poles. Sadly I wasn’t home to be able to go out into the garden and take it down and hence I now have a badly broken pole.
It’s quite an old pole and has given me sterling service and so I can’t really complain. This has however, brought forward my decision to get something a little sturdier to hold up my wire creations.
Going online I finally ordered what I’ve really wanted for some time, a Spiderbeam Spiderpole 12m HD extending fibreglass pole. These poles really are much stronger than the cheap, thin walled fibreglass poles I’ve been using and so, should handle the wind somewhat better.
This will also allow me to get a longer wire into the air as it’s some 3m longer than the poles I’ve been using to date.
I also decided to order a new morse twin paddle key today too. I’ve been looking for some time but, couldn’t decide which key to purchase.
I finally decided to go with the Vine Twin Paddle RST-TP1 key. It’s quite a heavy lump so shouldn’t wander around the table during use. I’m looking forward to receiving it!
More soon …