[TowerTalk] re: stiffening masts

[Dave NØRQ]

Rob put into words exactly what I was thinking.

That aluminum mast might flex, and if wind was bad
enough, yes, it would bend.  However, it won't break, while
those steel masts could easily break (if pushed beyond their
limits), not just bend.  I'd rather keep my antennas in the air
on a bent aluminum mast than on the ground because of a
broken steel mast.  I suppose monster beams or long mast
lengths might require steel, but I suspect most ham
installations would do quite nicely with aluminum.
-- 
Dave NØRQ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj at hotmail.com>
> This is not on-site advice so take it as such -- you are the final 
> decision maker.  having said that, if it flexed and sprung back, maybe 
> that was a desirable thing.
>
> next time you go somewhere on an airplane look out at the wing when you 
> hit a little turbulence.  you will see it waggling up and down.  it is 
> made to do that.  if it were made to stay stiff, the plane would crack 
> apart.