In 1959 when I was innocent and a new ham (13 years old and broke), I
constructed the mast that was in the handbook. Made out of 2x4's and
carriage bolts. I used it for one end of a dipole. Worked good and I
still have a picture of it. If memory serves me, my neighbor (now K5RC)
also used it as a support for his dipole.
At 05:34 PM 2/24/04 -0700, DeVinneys wrote:
I remember an ARRL antenna book about 30 years ago had plans for a wooden
tower made out of 1X2's. I never tried it because the 1X2's we get in AZ and
NM would make it look like a corkscrew. Think I'll wait a few years on the
poly tower to see how it holds up to sunlight!KA5W
Jack Hartley
K4WSB
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