[TowerTalk] Homemade portable mast

[jimlux]

On 8/29/19 6:31 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> For years I brought a homebrew mast to the Carribean to support a 3el HF 
> beam. Mine was about 25' high and a constant diameter with couplers.  
> Each piece was 4' long around the 2 /2 diameter that you suggested. Yes 
> it was heavy but it worked well and back then luggage was mostly free. 
> Since your 6 foot pieces exceed the largest allowable luggage size I 
> wonder how the airlines will handle this now and what the cost would be? 
> I know that heavy luggage has become very expensive. A golf bag used to 
> be acceptable free luggage and it was easy to walk past customs but I 
> haven't done that in a long time.  Another option is just purchase pipe 
> in Tanzania.
> 

ski bags..

That's what the EME dxpeditioners did for their yagi booms.
(and yes, there is skiing.. Granted Kilimanjaro is in Kenya, but there's 
plenty of snow topped mountains that aren't quite as high)