[TowerTalk] Homebrew freestanding mast

John Tait bravo at iol.ie
Wed Jul 28 19:50:35 EDT 2004



Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Homebrew freestanding mast


> My email program didn't like the spaces in your URL.  Here is a fixed
> one if anyone else has the same problems I did.
>
> http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/Well%20Casing%20Tower.htm
>
> Looks interesting.  Is that what you are using on your quad?

Nope!.. I never built that one, but a friend EI9FE built a scaled up
version.. I think he went up to about 80 ft...Freestanding..No guys.

73
   John EI7BA



Do you
> guy it?
>
> 73,
>
> Rob
> On Jul 28, 2004, at 10:13 AM, John Tait wrote:
>
> >
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Homebrew freestanding mast
> >
> > I've sent a pic of the tower to Mark seperately. I've also put a copy
> > of it
> > at  http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/Well Casing Tower.htm if anyone is
> > interested.
> >    73
> >     John EI7BA  http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/
> >
> >
> >> When I was a teenage ham in the 70s with little means, there was an
> > article
> >> floating around, I'm pretty sure it was in an old ARRL Handbook, about
> >> building a freestanding mast out of well casing.  Can anybody point
> >> me at
> >> any resources about this?  I need to make one.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Mark, N5OT
> >>
> >>
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> Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
> E.F. Cross School of Engineering
> Walla Walla College
> http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any
questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
>
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