[TowerTalk] Fiberglass Supplier

[Roger (K8RI)]

Gene Smar wrote:
> Daniel:
>
>      I'm afraid I'm going to be contrary to your <no wood> requirement with 
> my suggestion.
It's not.  He said nothing about using grass and Bamboo is not wood, but 
rather it's a type of grass.

73

Roger (K8RI)
>   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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