In a message dated 4/20/01 10:33:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, gclute@home.com 
writes:
> Does anyone use seamless stainless steel?  I had an 8 foot piece up
>  for about
>  15 years stacking a 4 element 10 meter beam and a 3 element 6 meter
>  beam without problem.
    That's a fairly insignificant load so the choice of materials probably 
didn't make any difference - water pipe would've worked. 
    The suitability of the material itself depends on its yield strength - 
not its composition. 
Cheers,    Steve    K7LXC
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