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Re: [TowerTalk] How to stiffen a mast

To: "Shannon Boal" <Kingsautomotive1@alltel.net>,<towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How to stiffen a mast
From: "W1GOR" <W1GOR@Maine.RR.Com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 06:15:24 -0500
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Oh, Shannon,

"1-1/2" solid inside 2" tubing 1/4"wall tubing" sure sounds like an 'oxymoron' to me...<grin> If you can make 'SOLID TUBING' you might win the Nobel Prize in dual molecular physics... ...or, at least Government 'double-speak'... <big grin>

Maybe some clever scientist can devise a variation of viagra for metal...?

73, Larry - W1GOR

"The true delight is in the finding out, rather than in the knowing."
......Isaac Asimov


----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Boal" <Kingsautomotive1@alltel.net>
To: "Towertalk@Contesting. Com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:11 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] How to stiffen a mast



Pat,
   I use 1-1/2" solid inside 2" tubing 1/4"wall tubing, for a boom.I found
some at a scrap yard in Ocala, FL, for $2.00/#. I only reinforce the area
that is attatched to the rotor, about 2' long. I file off any burrs in my
metal lathe. It has to be a bit of a loose fit, to be assembled.
         That which does not bend, may break, YMMV
               Good luck, and God bless!
                  Shannon K4GLM

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