[TowerTalk] Stainless Steel Mast

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/3/2009 10:15:20 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  Ok hopefully this helps vs more  confusion.?


    QSL that.
 
>  The difference between pipe and tube is simply in the way it  is sized



        That's one parameter but  not even close to the real story. A whole 
chapter of my Up The Tower book is  devoted to masts. Like our own resident 
PE, KR7X, said - you've got to look at  the yield strength figure and pipe 
(for the most part) doesn't have one. 
 
Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
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