Hans--
This Bamboo is not a variety native to the US,it is Asian, and mine is up to
5" dia and 30 to 50 ft. It is called "Timber" Bamboo, and is used in
structures.
Bill--W4BSG
----- Original Message -----
From: <HansLG@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:30 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Fiberglass Supplier
>I believe you have bamboo growing in a good part of Alabama. My son was
> living in Tuscaloosa for some time and told me you easily could find 15 '
> bamboo sticks around, free to harvest.
>
> You do have to treat them, by heating them to get them in a shape you like
> them. Apparently, when you heat them up, some of the resin in the "meat"
> will come out and coat the surface. If you don't do that, the bamboo
> stick
> may crack along the length and become relative useless for our purposes.
>
> Hans - N2JFS
>
> Gene and Daniel--
> Too bad Plano is so far from NE Alabama-- I have a moderate (several
> hundred
> canes) grove of Timber Bamboo that has to be thinned every spring.
> Bill--W4BSG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@verizon.net>
> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fiberglass Supplier
>
>
>> Daniel:
>>
>> I'm afraid I'm going to be contrary to your <no wood> requirement
> with
>> my suggestion. When I was first licensed in the 60s, many QST and Pop
>> Electronic articles on construcing quads suggested using bamboo poles as
>> spreaders. At that time they were obtainable from carpet stores; the
>> carpet
>> material was often shipped wound around such poles and the poles were
> then
>> available at little or no cost. Later construction articles urged that
>> these poles should be wrapped in fiberglass tape to prolong their useful
>> life.
>>
>> This might not be a particularly appealing choice, especially if you
>> consider having to wrap the bamboo in tape, but I throw it out there
> FWIW.
>>
>> 73 de
>> Gene Smar AD3F
>
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