[TowerTalk] Using an MFJ ATM-65 65' Mast

Mon Feb 18 21:31:54 EST 2008

Is anyone here on the list actually using one of the MFJ ATM-65 65' masts? I'd be interested in putting up one of those on my garage roof as the center support for an 80-Meter inverted vee (fed with ladder line so that I can use it on all bands.) Any recommendations for guy wires, guy lengths broken up by insulators, base supports, etc? I'd hate to put something like this up and find out it's too flimsy to support the inverted vee for more than a temporary "field day weekend" kind of use. It would be nice if it would also support a 2-Meter or 440-MHz ground plane (like a Hustler G7 or similar), but maybe that's pushing it.
LJ

-----Original Message-----
>From: K7LXC at aol.com
>Sent: Feb 18, 2008 6:13 PM
>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: [TowerTalk] A couple of interesting new products
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>Howdy, TowerTalkians --
> 
>    I was perusing my March QST and found a couple of  interesting new 
>products. The first was on page 134. It's an Orbital Rotor from  Rick, K0XG. He says 
>"Models available for any size tower or antenna boom  diameters." 
>_www.k0xg.com_ (http://www.k0xg.com) 
> 
>    The other is an aluminum mast from MFJ that'll go  to 65' when guyed. 
>It's the ATM-65 and it's $199.95. Check the usual MFJ  dealers, like K5GW. Page 
>143. 
> 
>Cheers,
>Steve      K7LXC
>TOWER TECH 
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