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Subject: [TowerTalk] Antenna Masts
From: aa4lr@arrl.net (Bill Coleman)
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:36:33 -0400
On 8/27/01 7:53 PM, tttt ccccc at k3hx@juno.com wrote:

>Other options include galvanized water pipe......HEAVY!!, or rigid EMT. 

I have an R7000 that has been atop a 1.5" Rigid Conduit for 5 years. It 
is mounted at 8'. The 10' rigid conduit was extended with a 12" steel 
pipe nipple and a coupler. The bottom three feet is embedded in concrete, 
which reinforces the weakness at the coupler.



Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
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