[TowerTalk] Masting

[Jim Lux]

At 08:19 AM 1/26/2006, joe sloss wrote:
>The ends of a friends G5RV need to economically be raised from 15' above 
>ground to the 30-40 foot range.  Some sort of masting will be needed as he 
>has no trees to use as supports.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

How rugged does it need to be?
Can he put a couple guys on it?
How ugly can it be?
Almost any inexpensive pole would probably work (TV mast? flagpole? 
Bamboo?) if you can put a couple guys in the direction opposite of the antenna.

Used Telephone poles?
(sometimes, these can be had very inexpensively, but it's definitely right 
place at the right time scenario)