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1. EMT used as mast...NO! (score: 1): Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson); Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 12:32:30 -0400; Please don't! EMT bends easily and is not suitable for masts. I have several pieces here that I carried away from both TV and amateur installations that are bent. Even schedule 40 water pipe (inexpe; /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00044.html (9,313 bytes)
2. EMT used as mast...NO! (score: 1): Author: aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman); Date: Fri, 4 Oct 96 15:51:47 -0400; Not all EMT is that thin. For *SHORT* masts carrying *LIGHT* loads, it is perfectly acceptable. The pieces I've seen have walls that are at least 1/8" thick. I used a 10 foot piece of 1 1/2" thick-w; /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00048.html (8,354 bytes)
3. EMT used as mast...NO! (score: 1): Author: Hamforever@aol.com (Hamforever@aol.com); Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 15:36:34 -0400; I agree that the thin wall EMT is not suitable for masts to support beam antennae. The galvanizing disappears within two years and the masts fail shortly thereafter in our south Louisiana wx. 73 de J; /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00067.html (6,881 bytes)

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