[UK-CONTEST] Stub Masts
Ken Eastty
ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com
Wed Feb 29 14:56:44 PST 2012
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
Message: 7
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
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