{"id":14441,"date":"2023-12-02T05:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/?p=14441"},"modified":"2023-12-01T19:01:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:01:29","slug":"loop-array-wind-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Loop Array Wind Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"loop<\/a><\/p>\n

During November, we suffered loop array wind damage. Fortunately, repairs are pretty easy with a 3D printer on hand. <\/p>\n

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. During mid-November, both loops in my wideband loop array<\/a> were damaged during a strong wind storm here in Calgary. You may recall that I have two switchable loops arrayed on a 100 foot baseline. Together with diversity reception, my array does a wonderful job with beamforming and noise cancellation.<\/p>\n

You can check my previous articles<\/a> for details. My loops are made with lightweight aluminum core PEX, and mounted with 3D printed structures. The system has now been in operation for more than 3 years.<\/p>\n

During the storm, both loops came down. For one, the only damage was on the plastic mount holding the AAA-5 amplifier. But for the other, the base mount was completely split as the plastic splintered from loop array wind damage. See above right.<\/p>\n

When I designed the system, I split everything into modules that fit together, and allowed a single part to break without damaging other parts. That is what happened in this case.<\/p>\n

Everything is now back up and running.<\/p>\n

Loop Array Wind Damage Repairs<\/h2>\n

Since all the mounting structures are 3D printed, making replacement parts is quick and easy. However, with my wife’s illness, I have not done much 3D printing since last winter. I was therefore pleasantly surprised when I fired up my Prusa i3<\/a> last week, it worked perfectly the first time. As shown above left, replacement parts were produced easily in a few hours.<\/p>\n

It’s a good reminder that anyone who prints things should make sure they have safe backups of all their models and STL files. It’s also a reminder that when you print structures for outdoor use, make sure to use strong filament and design with repair and replacement in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During November, we suffered loop array wind damage. Fortunately, repairs are pretty easy with a 3D printer on hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Loop Array Wind Damage #magloop","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[39],"series":[],"class_list":["post-14441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-projects","category-shortwave-radio","tag-magloop"],"yoast_head":"\nLoop Array Wind Damage - Living On The Horizon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"During November, we suffered loop array wind damage. Fortunately, repairs are pretty easy with a 3D printer on hand.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Loop Array Wind Damage - Living On The Horizon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"During November, we suffered loop array wind damage. Fortunately, repairs are pretty easy with a 3D printer on hand.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Living On The Horizon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-02T12:44:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/repair.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John VE6EY\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@VE6EY\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John VE6EY\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/\",\"name\":\"Loop Array Wind Damage - Living On The Horizon\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/repair.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-02T12:44:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#\/schema\/person\/9750e0ab227030255d9806757525f945\"},\"description\":\"During November, we suffered loop array wind damage. Fortunately, repairs are pretty easy with a 3D printer on hand.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/repair.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/repair.jpg\",\"width\":540,\"height\":284,\"caption\":\"loop array wind damage\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Projects\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/category\/projects\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Software Projects\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/category\/projects\/software-projects\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Loop Array Wind Damage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/\",\"name\":\"Living On The Horizon\",\"description\":\"Blogs and Stuff\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#\/schema\/person\/9750e0ab227030255d9806757525f945\",\"name\":\"John VE6EY\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4048edfe09efff51033c48b4fb951e8ac0a4dc84a25c96b25e5ae9f5b7069a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4048edfe09efff51033c48b4fb951e8ac0a4dc84a25c96b25e5ae9f5b7069a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"John VE6EY\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/VE6EY\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/author\/play\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Loop Array Wind Damage - Living On The Horizon","description":"During November, we suffered loop array wind damage. Fortunately, repairs are pretty easy with a 3D printer on hand.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Loop Array Wind Damage - Living On The Horizon","og_description":"During November, we suffered loop array wind damage. Fortunately, repairs are pretty easy with a 3D printer on hand.","og_url":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/","og_site_name":"Living On The Horizon","article_published_time":"2023-12-02T12:44:01+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/repair.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"John VE6EY","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@VE6EY","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John VE6EY","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/","url":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/","name":"Loop Array Wind Damage - Living On The Horizon","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/repair.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-02T12:44:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#\/schema\/person\/9750e0ab227030255d9806757525f945"},"description":"During November, we suffered loop array wind damage. Fortunately, repairs are pretty easy with a 3D printer on hand.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/repair.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/repair.jpg","width":540,"height":284,"caption":"loop array wind damage"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/projects\/diy-projects\/loop-array-wind-damage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Projects","item":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/category\/projects\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Software Projects","item":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/category\/projects\/software-projects\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Loop Array Wind Damage"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#website","url":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/","name":"Living On The Horizon","description":"Blogs and Stuff","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#\/schema\/person\/9750e0ab227030255d9806757525f945","name":"John VE6EY","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4048edfe09efff51033c48b4fb951e8ac0a4dc84a25c96b25e5ae9f5b7069a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4048edfe09efff51033c48b4fb951e8ac0a4dc84a25c96b25e5ae9f5b7069a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"John VE6EY"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/VE6EY"],"url":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/author\/play\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6wKKr-3KV","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14449,"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14441\/revisions\/14449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14441"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=14441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}