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Re: [TowerTalk] How to stiffen a mast

To: MIKE GREENWAY <K4PI@peoplepc.com>,TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How to stiffen a mast
From: Red <RedHaines@centurytel.net>
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 09:46:37 -0600
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Combining wood with metal will damp resonant responses and will reduce peak stresses. 73 de WO0W

MIKE GREENWAY wrote:

snip - I asked a structual engineer afterward about doing this and he said
they sometimes combine wood with metal to increase the strength.  Whether it
is worth doing or not I cannot say but it made me feel a lot better.73 Mike
K4PI





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