[TowerTalk] Cut off extra 7 ft of mast or leave it?

[Wes Attaway]

I would leave it in place because someday you might want to put a vertical
up there.

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      Wes Attaway (N5WA)
(318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
Computer/Cellphone Forensics
      AttawayForensics.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David
Winarsky
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2020 8:39 PM
To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Cut off extra 7 ft of mast or leave it?

I'm putting up my first tower, a LM-354HDSP with a Steppir DB11 and a JK 40
meter horizontal dipole, both in the same mast. I have a 20 ft 2 in OD mast
from Tashjian and am wondering whether I should cut off the unused length or
leave it?  

Karl at Tashjian suggested I install the rotator plate 3 ft below the top of
the tower and the DB11 2 ft above the top, with the JK40 8 ft above that (10
ft from the top of the tower). That will leave 7 ft of the mast unused. 

Do you folks recommend I leave the extra 7ft of the mast in place or cut it
off?

Appreciate the input and any other comments or suggestions on my plan. 

73,
David K6ZD
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