[TowerTalk] Mast size

[Mike]

Nah. I don't climb.
IF the section is 25AG, the catalog says 2" OD with 16 ga. walls. 16 ga. 
is .0598" x 2 = .1196. 2-.1196 = 1.8804. The galvanizing takes up a 
couple of atoms thickness.

Doesn't leave much.

Mike

Pete Smith wrote:
> My catalog is ancient - mid 90s.  So you've measured the tube?
>
> Pete
>
> On 7/16/2009 4:11 PM, Mike wrote:
>> Hey Pete -
>> True, but I don't think it's either of those. The tube doesn't extend 
>> down as far as the AG2, and the AG3 has the extra brace about 1/3 of 
>> the way up the slanty part.
>> Page 29 in my catalog(2004 revised). Where'd you see the part about 
>> the 2" mast?
>>
>> 73. Mike NF4L
>>
>> Pete Smith wrote:
>>> From my Rohn catalog, both the 25AG2 and 25AG3 have 2 1/4" OD 
>>> tubes.  The catalog says a 2" OD tube will fit snugly.
>>>
>>> 73, Pete
>>>
>>> On 7/16/2009 1:14 PM, Mike wrote:
>>>> Would somebody look at the pic at http://nf4l.com/top.htm and verify
>>>> that's a 25AG section?
>>>>
>>>> I'm needing to replace the water pipe mast with something stronger
>>>> because I want to put a 6M yagi over the SteppIR.
>>>>
>>>> I work out the ID of the tube on the 25AG to be 1.88" (not accounting
>>>> for the galvanizing). Seems like the OD of the steel tubing I see
>>>> advertised is 1.9"
>>>>
>>>> What can I use, and where can I get it? I need 12-15 total length'
>>>>
>>>> 73, Mike NF4L
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