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Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminum mast

To: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminum mast
From: doc <kd4e@verizon.net>
Reply-to: kd4e@verizon.net
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:21:14 -0600
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
> So, to answer, for the same weight of tubing (which is how you buy it, by 
> the pound), the tube is stronger than the rod.

Unless or until the tube takes a blow which
compromises its relatively thin (compared to
the rod) thickness -- it is less likely to
resist the impact thus denting and becoming
more prone to collapse (depending on the side
and depth of the impact area).

Is that correct?

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