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I certainly wouldn't build it for one frequency, in hopes that it stretches to the desired frequency.

If I have one complaint about the Cubex, it would be the way they packaged the wire. Instead of coiling it, they folded it back on itself in half, then half again etc etc. so I did pre stretch it some.

Here is going to be a key. You will have to have a way to rotate the boom freely. I hung mine from my front end loader. But you can't pull the elements tight and call it good, that'll just bow the spreaders. I worked each element cw-ccw-cw etc etc, probably 6-10 times, up to a dozen times for each element. The first round you'll be working out small kinks and gaining maybe 6" of slack. The last go round you'll be working out slight bows and only gaining a fraction of an inch. It's time consuming and tedious, but you can't pull it taught without bowing the spreaders.

I'm at work, so I hope that made sense, if not I will add to it later.

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<blockquote data-quote="GnG8d" data-source="post: 349526" data-attributes="member: 13838">I certainly wouldn&#039;t build it for one frequency, in hopes that it stretches to the desired frequency.If I have one complaint about the Cubex, it would be the way they packaged the wire. Instead of coiling it, they folded it back on itself in half, then half again etc etc. so I did pre stretch it some. Here is going to be a key. You will have to have a way to rotate the boom freely. I hung mine from my front end loader. But you can&#039;t pull the elements tight and call it good, that&#039;ll just bow the spreaders.&nbsp;&nbsp; I worked each element cw-ccw-cw etc etc, probably 6-10 times, up to a dozen times for each element. The first round you&#039;ll be working out small kinks and gaining maybe 6&quot; of slack. The last go round you&#039;ll be working out slight bows and only gaining a fraction of an inch. It&#039;s time consuming and tedious, but you can&#039;t pull it taught without bowing the spreaders. I&#039;m at work, so I hope that made sense, if not I will add to it later.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GnG8d, post: 349526, member: 13838"] I certainly wouldn't build it for one frequency, in hopes that it stretches to the desired frequency. If I have one complaint about the Cubex, it would be the way they packaged the wire. Instead of coiling it, they folded it back on itself in half, then half again etc etc. so I did pre stretch it some. Here is going to be a key. You will have to have a way to rotate the boom freely. I hung mine from my front end loader. But you can't pull the elements tight and call it good, that'll just bow the spreaders. I worked each element cw-ccw-cw etc etc, probably 6-10 times, up to a dozen times for each element. The first round you'll be working out small kinks and gaining maybe 6" of slack. The last go round you'll be working out slight bows and only gaining a fraction of an inch. It's time consuming and tedious, but you can't pull it taught without bowing the spreaders. I'm at work, so I hope that made sense, if not I will add to it later. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]

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