[UK-CONTEST] Fibregalss Masts

[Bob Harrison]

Out of interest what is the diameter at bottom and top of say the 10m poles?

And does one put the antenna wire inside or outside?

Cheers

Bob G4UJS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:uk-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Callum McC
> Sent: 02 May 2011 19:53
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> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Fibregalss Masts
> 
> Hello Tom,
> 
> I did try heatshrink but all this did is stop ingress of water. I still had a section
> slip. I seem to have had similar experiences to the rest of the crew here.  For
> fishing blanks, the best seems to be Sky Blue Leisure at:
> 
> http://www.skyblueleisure.co.uk/acatalog/Telescopic_Poles.html)
> 
> and of course, the "grown up" versions with Spiderbeam.
> 
> The best solution (IMHO) has also been declared by Paul Beecham however
> in my case, I also ran a few jubilee clips on the bottom of each section as
> Stewart discusses: "fitted to the bottom of the upper pole at the top side of
> each joint".
> 
> I also have a pair of Moonraker 12m masts. There are very heavy and require
> much more effort than fishing poles but will also slip down under pressure,
> as BUO discovered with his ebay specials.
> 
> Seems to me that they all slip, but liberal use of tape top and bottom and
> jubilee clips on bottom of each section seem to minimise failures.
> 
> (I always mounted the jubilee clips on plenty of tape to make a softer bed to
> clamp to and as a previous participant mentioned, all the black paint peels off
> when you come to take it down - even with the smaller flag-poles).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> C.
> 
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