Gigaparts has a line for carbon fiber masts from 25ft that they say can support up to 30 lb. The masts are incredibly light. A 34 ft mast weighs 5lb and a 50ft mast is 9 lb. I tried them at the SEDCO
Author: Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 12:28:27 -0400
Ignacy, Thanks for the link to the rylwy.com information. I used the GagaParts 34 ft fiberglass pole with a 12 ft extension to support a 160M Inverted-V with FCP during the past CQWW160SSB contest fr
Why would an inverted-V need a folded counterpoise? John KK9A Henry Pollock - K4TMC Ignacy, Thanks for the link to the rylwy.com information. I used the GagaParts 34 ft fiberglass pole with a 12 ft e
Author: Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 22:31:49 -0400
Oops, guess I did not do a thorough review before hitting the send button. Thanks for the catch! It was really an Inverted-L. 73, Henry - K4TMC _______________________________________________ _______
Great! An inverted-L is a much better top band antenna. I have done many contest expeditions, the carbon fiber pole support looks very interesting. GL John KK9A/4 Oops, guess I did not do a thorough