[TowerTalk] Ways to mount and insulate a tall vertical ???
Don Havlicek
n8de at thepoint.net
Fri Feb 6 08:43:19 EST 2004
Doug,
Use solid fiberglass rod .. it works fine and won't degrade.
Have had my 80m vertical [60' Universal Tower] up since '89 .. and the
fiberglass is perfect.
If you need some, let me know the inside diameter of the bottom section
of your tower, as I have 6 or 8 rods of various diameters.
Don
N8DE
Snowden, Douglas RICVAMC wrote:
> I have several sections of alumunum tower (Universal tower) that I plan
> on putting up as a 40/80 and maybe 160m vertical and plan on making it
> around 90 ft, including the aluminum tubing sticking out of the top.
> I would like to mount it insulated but an struggling deciding how to
> mount it insulated. I have heard that pressure treated lumber tends to
> have too much moisture to use. I have a couple of pieces of solid
> phenolic tubing one inch diameter. Any ideas? Something available
> from the hardware store? The legs are about 1 inch diameter.
>
> Doug N4IJ
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