[TowerTalk] Water pipe as a mast

[Jim W7RY]

Yup!

You should have enough play "slop" in the bearing (or tube top) and rotor to 
be able to use 1-1/2 water pipe.  I used it for many years in Rohn 25 with a 
Tailtwiseter and both a TH6 and a 204BA mounted a foot above the tower. 
Worst case you may have to shim around the pipe with some flashing or other 
shim stock but very un-likely. Just Check it for binding by rotating it 
around a few times.



73
Jim W7RY




-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Hoge
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 9:35 AM
To: towertalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Water pipe as a mast

Dan,

1 1/2" nominal pipe will have an outside diameter of 1.9 inches. This is 
true for either schedule 40 or 80.

73,
Jim W5QM




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From: Dan Bookwalter <n8dcj at yahoo.com>
To: Tower Talk <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:13 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Water pipe as a mast

I seem to have lost my mast pipe , and only have access to Homedepot , Lowes 
and such , I am only going about 1 ft above the top of the tower so I figure 
heavy water pipe should work. Does anyone know what size is close to what 
fits in a Tailtwister ?

Dan N8DCJ
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