Skipshooter Antennas

..........If the "stud" broke then that has nothing to do with the anttenna,it just means that the studs were to cheap or to old to hold the extra wind load. Try some good heavy duty studs like the ones that wilson makes or you can sometimes find some heavy studs at some CB shops.

Now if the antenna itself broke in half then yes it would be Skipshooters fault.........

 

I'd contact SkipShooter. They may replace them. I use to run them for a few years. And I found them to be one of the best antennas made. It's sad how prodpucts change.

 

SkipShooter sticks were the rage back in the day,with the movement of stainless steel they went by the wayside due to superior quality and performance of stainless steel antennas.

Nothing has changed since,stainless steel or nothing IMO

 

Cut you a piece of pvc and paint it black slide out over the antenna to minimize the wind impact

 

Blast from the past thread here.

 

Yup..When i ran my 7ft skip shooters i cut some indoor water pvc pipe that had the inside diameter almost the same as the od of skip shhoter...The first 2' of my skipshooter was covered....It takes away some of the flex at the base and they last wayy longer....
Now seeing op was running two i can assume it was either a 4 or 5' ant so i would cut say a 6" or 8" length for ant flex.....
Nothin can be done if your hittin trees with them..
Not sure how much they can handle power wise but i wouldnt push more than 300 or 500 watts max before you start burnin them up...
Skip shooter antenna,i lovem...