[TowerTalk] Verticals of Telescoping Aluminum

[k4sqr@juno.com]

Hi Tom;

Comtek customers report:
Purchase 9 each 30' sections of 3 " o.d. Cut 3 foot pc. from the "ninth"
piece, then cut it vertically. Open slightly and place evenly at splice
of two sections.. Use stainless hose clamps , 2 above and 2 below splice.
Triplicate for three more verticals.

64' models of 3" irrigation tubing are guyed two levels with dacron rope
in 80m 4-Squares.

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 19:57:26 -0400 "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
writes:
>
> I was just getting ready to ask about this!
> > I found 1000 feet of 6 inch for $2000, and 5000 feet of 4" for $5500 
> > (all of it is used, but looks good).
> 
> How do you couple the sections together? With the regular clamps 
> they use? How often do you need to guy it?
> 
> I'd like to make some 80-100 foot verticals from it if I could. I 
> was thinking of getting a sign truck to pick it up and hold it while
the 
> guys were pulled tight.
> 
> This seems like a cheap way to get some verticals, if it will stay 
> up.
> 
>    
> 73, Tom W8JI
> w8ji@contesting.com
> 
> --
73-Good Luck on the new find!

Jim Miller, K4SQR
http://www.comteksystems.com
4-Square Phasing, Stack Yagi
& Remote Antenna Systems

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