Hexbeam Three Section Fibreglass Spreader Set

The hexbeam consists of six fibre glass spreaders. These form the main shape and structure of the antenna, it is for this reason that they have to be very strong! Each spreader is made up of three sections of pull wound fibreglass tubing.

• 1.5 meters of 1” OD
• 1.5 metres of ¾” OD
• 1 metre of ½” OD

Each section is inserted into each other to give a final length of 139” in total for each spreader. There are no tools required to join the tubes together as each one is fitted with a stop end secured with stainless steel self tapping screws as show below. You can if you wish drill into the aluminium collar and secure it with a stainless steel self tapping screw to make a more permanent fixing but this is not necessary.

In the next picture you will also notice the aluminium sleeve, eyelet and the plastic pipe cleat. The aluminium sleeve protects the ends of the spreaders from splitting, although this is highly unlikely to happen as the tubes are pull wound, but this will ensure that it WILL NEVER HAPPEN. They are fitted to all sections. The plastic pipe cleat and d-loops are used to attach the wire elements to the spreaders, there is one for each band fitted to each spreader. The eyelet fitted to the end of the spreader is used to attach the support ropes to.

The eyelet is used to attach the support cords to, in the image below you can see three cords but only two are permanently attached to the zinc eyelet. In the assembly process you take one cord to the centre post (this is called the radius cord) and the other to the next spreader (this is called the circumference cord). Attached to the ends of each of these cords is a stainless steel s-hook, you can leave these open for portable set-ups or you can pinch them shut for a more permanent installation, there should be more than sufficient force on the cords to hold the s-hooks in place.

The hub end of the spreaders are sleeved with aluminium tubing held in place with stainless steel self-tapping screws which fit neatly into the tubes fitted to the G3TXQ Broadband Hexbeam Hub which can also be viewed in detail on the website.

All materials used are stainless steel and UV resistant apart from the eyelet which is zinc.