[UK-CONTEST] Stub Masts

[Ken Eastty]

Ken,

I hope that you've made sure that the wall thickness of the stub mast is sufficient for
the loading. I made the mistake of using thin wall (1/16"?)tubing (to keep the weight down)
for the my stub mast which was supporting a 2 ele tri-bander&  beams for 4, 2&  70 cm.

A few of winters ago it snapped in a gale leaving all the antennas dangling on the feeders.
I replaced the lower half with 3/16" aluminium wall tubing, not much fun in January when there aren't many
hours of daylight&  it's cold outside.

Do scaffolding companies still use aluminium tubing or is it all steel these days?

73...

Ken

G3LVP

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Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 07:41:06 +0000
From: Ken Chandler<g0orh at sky.com>
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Stub mast
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
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Thanks to everyone who responded, Re the stub mast help request.... Its sorted!

Cheers

Regards

Ken..G0ORH / M3i