Gene, I'd suggest that you surf a few of the DIY Hex Beam building forums,
they usually can point you to reasonably priced tapered fiberglass poles.
73, John NA6L
From: TowerTalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Gene Smar
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:46 PM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Looking for alternative sources for
> fiberglass spreaders
>
> Dee-Dub:
>
> When I was a Novice licensee and dreamed of building a cheap
> quad (which never happened), I read of using bamboo poles as
> spreaders. The intent was to wrap each pole in fiberglass tape to
> impart some weatherproofing. It was suggested in these various
> sources that local rug and carpeting stores might be a source. Of
> course, that was 5 decades ago and rugs may not come wrapped around
> bamboo anymore.
>
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
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