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[TowerTalk] Stinger & Jin-Pole Tubing

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Stinger & Jin-Pole Tubing
From: ke5fi@wt.net (Chuck Dietz)
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 14:09:51 -0500
Don Fuller wrote:
> 
> Have a question...
> 
> My new jin-pole hardware and thrust bearing need 2-inch OD mast...I am
> having trouble finding 2-inch OD hardware for this.  

Scaffolding companies carry 20 foot 2" O.D. aluminum scaffold tubing. 
It has 1/4" thick walls plus two "ribs" inside for extra strength.

N5RP has two of them joined for a 40' boom for a three element 40 meter
beam and it has been up for years.

I have occasionally used them for gin poles.

Chuck, KE5FI

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