[TowerTalk] 22 ft vertical : will this hold in the wind?

[Wayne Kline]

Hi Ed
 
  I have a 4 square receiving  array. My  original configuration was a 1" .058 was lower section   of the antenna and  1" PVC plumbers fitting as   it's insulating mount...... The new revised is  like your with a 16"  X 7/8 "  piece of Derain Rod    inserted in the bottom 1" piece.
 
I then drill  the rod and have 2   ,5/16  lag screws 6" apart  and into the 4X4 protruding 8 in out of the cement . Help up this winter  
 
 
No if I can keep the deer from chewing on the RG6   that protrudes out of the conduit  to the amp box we'll be A-Okay
 
 
Wayne W3EA  
 
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> From: ed.n5dg at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 21:47:02 -0500
> Subject: [TowerTalk] 22 ft vertical : will this hold in the wind?
> 
> Towertalkers , I'm putting 8 verticals in a circle , each 22ft tall . 
> Tapered with 6ft length and all .058 wall  ! The bottom will be  1" with 
> a 3ft  length of 7/8 " to double wall the base , then taper up with 7/8 
> , 3/4 and 5/8
> 
> To mount and insulate these from ground , I'll cement an 18 " X 3/4" 
> ID   PVC in the ground flush.. Now use a 3/4 " OD x 36 " fiberglass rod 
> , slid in the base of the vertical 6 " ... This will put me at one foot 
> between the earth and base of the vertical !
> 
> My concern is the one foot fiberglass rod holding up or not
> 
> This will be a Low Band RX antenna . I'm doing it this way so in the 
> spring I can remove them easily for grass cutting
> 
> Thanks Ed N5DG
> 
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