[TowerTalk] Homemade portable mast

[Grant Saviers]

For a coming trip, I just purchased a 6'6" surfboard bag for Spiderbeam 
fiberglass poles.  There are a wide ranging lengths and styles available 
and one exactly fit the carrier max dimension for length on domestic 
flights, longer was ok internationally.  So it a good idea to check all 
of the hops for limits.

Surfboards are ok in the South Pacific and the max allowed weight for us 
is 32Kg.  ;)

Grant KZ1W

On 8/29/2019 9:28 PM, jimlux wrote:
> 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)
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