[ARDF]2m Antenna Safety

[Matthew Robbins]

About 3 minutes after my start on the 2m course in Albuquerque, I
bumped my antenna on a tree and drove it, a solid hit, into the right
lens of my glasses.  If I wasn't wearing glasses, it's likely I'd have
lost the eye.  It certainly would've involved a trip to the hospital.

I'm going to a 2m event in the morning, and my number 1 priority
tonight is to make my elements more eyesafe than they are now.

I kept forgetting to write this e-mail, but I was cleaning my glasses
today, and I (again) noticed the marks on the lens.

I was using a tape-measure beam, but the way did it was related more
to the length of the element rather than the material.  Since all our
antennas are about the same size, please take a look at your element
tips and fix them if they need it.

Matthew
AA9YH
Cincinnati, Ohio