[TowerTalk] Source for 20' Mast

[NØATH]

Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper and stronger to just add another section of tower and only extend out 5 foot of mast?
I have worked in a metal shop many years of my life, been a ham for 25+, and have never understood why anyone 
would want to put an antenna mast 15 foot out of a tower. ( No relation to Fred )    Dave / NØATH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)" <nv8a at att.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Cc: <w6tkv at arrl.net>; "Brian Maynard" <b.k.maynard at verizon.net>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Source for 20' Mast


But this stuff surely isn't anything like as strong as the $20/ft. 
Chrome-Moly stuff they sell to support an HF Yagi 15ft. above the top of 
the 60ft. tower.

It may work well as a guyed antenna support, but when I hear "mast" I 
think "unsupported," as in the scenario above.

73

Alan NV8A


On 09/12/05 12:32 pm Fred Roberts tossed the following ingredients into 
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: