Tom, wouldn't that make 20' sections of 4" irrigation pipe the material of choice for large (over 40') verticals? Only problem is, I have no idea what grade of aluminum they are made of. 73, Jerry ht
Tom, I am presently building a 4 in line vertical array for 80 meteres and can offer the following: Structural program for calculating stresses is in Ham Radio Dec 98 by K5IU I use his spreadsheet wi
HI Rick et al. I raised a 50' piece of KLM boom I spliced together that i used for a vertical by inserting a couple of 15 foot 4x4's in the ground. Drilled a hole at about the 12 foot level of the tu