[TowerTalk] non-conductive lightweight mast

Tom Rauch W8JI@contesting.com
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:12:37 -0500


> I'm looking for material for a 25-foot-tall non-conductive mast to use
> with a K9AY loop.  PVC, even sched 40 and 80, has not proved stiff
> enough.

Why do you need a non-conductive mast? Why not just use a 
short length of PVC at the top of a regular mast? 

If it is really fussy, you would have to insulate the mast bottom but 
I doubt it is. That is a fairly low impedance antenna.

 
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com 

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