[TowerTalk] Antenna Supports

[Gene Smar]

Kelley:

     I have a set of the fiberglass swaged tubes from E-pay.  I can get a 
set of five tubes up in the air, provided I don't have too much weight at 
the top and I guy it immediately.  They aren't strong enough to support 
their own weight at 68+ feet.  The outer part of the sleeve will split given 
enough bending on the way up. Try something else.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


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Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:43 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Antenna Supports


>
> One of my summer antenna projects is to put up two 40m dipoles in an 
> inverted V arrangement perpendicular to each other. I'd like the apex of 
> the V to be a half wave length above the ground, so a little over 68 feet. 
> What can be used for a support for something like this? Can the 4 foot 
> aluminum/fiberglass mast sections available on eBay be used at that height 
> (guyed of course)? That would be about 17 or 18 of those sections, not 
> sure how stable that would be. Other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelley
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