[TowerTalk] Mast material

[Gene Smar]

TT:

     I know Steve 'LXC offers Chrome Moly tubing material for masts, but I
bought mine from Special Metals (Steve didn't sell masting at that time.)
If you folks are interested, I'd suggest you check with:

Special Metals, Inc.
6406 South Eastern
Oklahoma City, OK 73149
Sales: Joe Varva
800-727-7177.

     Joe was very helpful to me in 2001 when I ordered my mast.  He arranged
for trucking and delivery right to my back yard.  As I've said before, I
used only one finger (my dialing finger) to deliver my 2 inch dia CM mast.
Price was pretty reasonable, too.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

P.S. Technically, pipe is NOT structural material but tubing is.  Tubing is
what you want to ask for.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "VeeAthreePL @ CUIC . CA" <va3pl at cuic.ca>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mast material


> Try and ask steel dealer for tube/pipe made of 4130 material
> Andy - va3pl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
> To: <ab2os at att.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mast material
>
>
> > In a message dated 5/26/04 7:14:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
ab2os at att.net
> > writes:
> >
> > > The chrome-moly tube that is sold specifically for masts is
horrendously
> > >  expensive,
> >
> >     Yes, it's an investment-quality piece of steel but if it's what you
> need,
> > you gotta have it. My own experience is that most guys that buy chromoly
> > really don't need it. I've   bought some steel alloy tubing that's 74%
as
> strong
> > (good for about 90% of the applications out there) as 115kpsi chromoly
and
> > costs half as much.
> >
> > >  and one of the hams around here decided to use well-casing,
> > >  which was far cheaper. Was that a false ecomomy?
> >
> >     Isn't well casing just another pipe to carry liquids? They're heavy
> and
> > not strong basically. What is the yield strength of the well casing and
> what
> > sort of load is it carrying? Maybe he just didn't need much of a mast.
> >
> > >  What do I really need
> > >  to support a 3-el. SteppIR (the other guy had a lot more antenna than
> > >  that on his well casing) less than 10ft. above the top of the tower?
> >
> >     A 3L SteppIR is a pretty small antenna but without knowing your
county
> > windspeed rating it'd be hard to say. Your rating is available on  <A
> > HREF="http://www.championradio.com">www.championradio.com</A> under Tech
> Notes if you
> > don't know.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve     K7LXC
> > Champion Radio Products
> > 888-833-3104
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