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skyrunner06
 Post subject: two different comptips
PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:30 pm 
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okay i was at cocoa beach and saw a couple of 16's that had been left there for 2 years(abandoned)and they both had a square looking thing on top of the mast

when i got home i went over to my sisters house and asked her husband what it was and he said it was a comptip but on my h16 the comptip is round so what is it?
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MBounds
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:59 am 
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Comptip mast heads are square. Old style mast heads are round.

Show us a picture of what you have.
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Tri_X_Troll
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mmiller
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If your mast head is round... you have the original all aluminum mast. A "CompTip" is a fiberglass upper mast section (above the tangs). Started in production and retrofits in the mid 80's for safety issues related to contact with high power lines.

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skyrunner06
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oh mine is an 82 and its round i guess its all aluminum
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