I thought that Steve K7LXC did answer and said it was just fine. Like you
say tubing is not pipe which is good. Pipe is not what you would want to
use for a mast, it is soft and bends easily. Ideally you would want to use
real mast material designed for the job as sold by US-Towers, Tashjian
Towers or Texas Towers.
In Tom's case he is putting a small light weight 2 element Steppir on thick
wall aluminum tube. I had a "Temporary" thick wall aluminum tube with a
three element Stepper on the end of a 12 foot section for 4 years to extend
a 40 foot tubular tower up to 50 foot. Did it whip around in 50mph winds, a
little, but it never bent or broke and the mast was still in perfect
condition.
As long as he guy's the tower and keeps his eye on things I am sure he will
be fine.
Mike, K6BR
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry & Karen
Tom, There is no way I would use ANY aluminum tubing as a mast at any time.
In this case there are three problems.....aluminum....tubing.....length.
Tubing is not pipe and that length of it with any substantial weight, i.e.
windload, is inviting disaster. Another section of tower is the ONLY
correct and safe way to achieve the height you're after. It's cheaper to do
it right once than to do it twice to GET it right. For what it's
worth....I'm no expert. I'd be interested to see what K7LXC has to say
about your question.
Larry
K0IS
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