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

[w6rgs]

Keep the current length.  You don't know what changes you may want in the future and masts don't get less expensive.  Doesn't hurt to wait.Bill W6RGS 
-------- Original message --------From: David Winarsky <david at winarsky.com> Date: 11/22/20  18:39  (GMT-08:00) 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______________________________________________________________________________________________TowerTalk mailing listTowerTalk at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk