I'd likely continue to use the fiberglass but I might fit a hardwood dowel
inside its length to stiffen it. PVC can work that way too but you MUST have
something to make it rigid. I had a side arm made from wood stuffed grey PVC
pipe that was out in the weather for over 20 years with no negative effects.
Does it break where the clamps attach it? I always insert a plug of a
non-crushable material where any holes are drilled for bolts or where clamps
bear against fiberglass tube, otherwise that can be a sure failure point.
73
Phil, KB0NES
On Saturday, December 26, 2020, 05:25:58 PM CST, WW3S
<ww3s@zoominternet.net> wrote:
I lost my fiberglass pole that I use for a standoff for my inv L off my
50' tower.....second or third time in 12 years or so, victim of the
recent ice/snow storm we just had.....I've been using fiberglass to
isolate it from the tower.....but the wire for the antenna goes thru an
insulator attached to a rope thru a pulley off the fiberglass
arm.....should I continue to go with fiberglass, or would metal be ok,
since I have the rope and other insulator there....
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