[TowerTalk] Fiberglass Supplier

[Gene Smar]

Daniel:

     I'm afraid I'm going to be contrary to your <no wood> requirement with 
my suggestion.  When I was first licensed in the 60s, many QST and Pop 
Electronic articles on construcing quads suggested using bamboo poles as 
spreaders.  At that time they were obtainable from carpet stores; the carpet 
material was often shipped wound around such poles and the poles were then 
available at little or no cost.  Later construction articles urged that 
these poles should be wrapped in fiberglass tape to prolong their useful 
life.

     This might not be a particularly appealing choice, especially if you 
consider having to wrap the bamboo in tape, but I throw it out there FWIW.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Hileman" <n9wx at hotmail.com>
To: "TOWER TALK" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:07 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Fiberglass Supplier



Hi Everyone,

I am wanting to homebrew a 2 element 20-10m quad...I have it all worked out 
in my head, but I was looking at Max-gain for fiberglass tubing for the 
spreaders, and they seem VERY expensive ($26.00/8' at  1".) So, anyone know 
a good fiberglass supplier or alternate ideas for spreaders that would be 
relatively professional grade, for a permanent type antenna, in other words, 
not wood.


Thanks and 73,
Daniel N9WX

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