[ADXA] fiberglass poles

[J. Setcer]

Mr. Jussi, Contact the local funeral home. Ask for who digs their graves.
That guy can dig straight down 7 feet.
You are In Arkansas now. WE do things a little differently.
- QJ

On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 9:09 PM Jussi Eloranta <eloranta at aa6kj.hopto.org>
wrote:

> Hi Stan,
>
> Thanks. I saw the dxe pole but it is too short. Yes, I agree that rohn 25
> would work best but, well, I am in the middle of nowhere (literally) and do
> not have any contacts for digging, pouring concrete etc. I have a ground
> auger that I have used for digging holes for my current masts but it is not
> well suited for bigger projects. Also managing those 80lb concrete mix bags
> is too much for my back (but managed to pour enough concrete for my current
> masts). So for the time being, I have to stick to solutions that I can do
> on my own (until I find people here who have the right machinery). Thus
> fiberglass it is for now. Also Joel had a hinge system that looked like a
> very nice idea for a metal pole. But again pulling a metal pole up on my
> own is not so easy. I already had quite some trouble with the Al telescope
> mast (14.5m) that has my five band spiderberam wire yagi at the top.
> Apparently strength and age are inversely proportional to each other :-(
>
> Also, if a fiberglass pole breaks, I just put a new one in its place. They
> can also be taken down with little effort if a storm is coming. There is a
> 28m pole from spiderbeam that is available but it would be an overkill ($
> and construction). These are pretty easy to install - just "walk them up"
> because they are not very heavy.
>
> Jussi (aa6kj)
>
> Sep 21, 2024 8:44:38 PM Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com>:
>
> Forgot to paste the link to the pole I was taking about
>
> [image: dxeogdefaultimage.gif]
>
> Free Shipping on Most Orders Over $99 at DX Engineering
> <https://www.dxengineering.com/search?SortBy=BestKeywordMatch&SortOrder=Ascending&keyword=FIBERGLASS%20POLE%20KITS&srsltid=AfmBOooH9DoHeYoxChesk1kTtRIS8L17xG_hG8qNfCu_3ikvwUR17u8y>
> dxengineering.com
> <https://www.dxengineering.com/search?SortBy=BestKeywordMatch&SortOrder=Ascending&keyword=FIBERGLASS%20POLE%20KITS&srsltid=AfmBOooH9DoHeYoxChesk1kTtRIS8L17xG_hG8qNfCu_3ikvwUR17u8y>
>
> <https://www.dxengineering.com/search?SortBy=BestKeywordMatch&SortOrder=Ascending&keyword=FIBERGLASS%20POLE%20KITS&srsltid=AfmBOooH9DoHeYoxChesk1kTtRIS8L17xG_hG8qNfCu_3ikvwUR17u8y>
>
>
> On Sep 21, 2024, at 8:37 PM, Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jussi,
>
> This 46 foot one from DX Engineering is about as big as they come.  There
> are 7 sections beginning with 3” at the bottom and down 1/4” in diameter on
> each section going up.  7.5 feet per section x 7 sections (they claim 46
> feet). Anyway the top is 1.5 in and I suppose if you have them guyed
> properly you might use 1.25, 1.00 and .75” to get you close to a quarter
> wavelength.  I had four 25G towers with one set of guys for my four square.
>
> I think I would put up 100 feet of 25G with a little top loading, shunt
> feed it on 160 and run ropes off the top to have a 4 Square on 80m. A
> significant number of radials (50-100 of them) under each wire and all that
> tied in with radials under the shunt fed tower for 160 would make for a
> good setup.  You may or may not have to do something to detune that 100
> foot tower when you are on 80m.
>
> In my opinion this is much better than messing with many levels of guy
> ropes on 60 + foot fiberglass poles that probably would not survive the
> first 40 mph wind with a little ice on the guy ropes.
>
> 73…Stan, K5GO
>
> On Sep 21, 2024, at 7:52 PM, Jussi Eloranta <eloranta at aa6kj.hopto.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
> Does anyone know a good source for approx. 20m fiberglass telescope poles?
> A 22m pole used to be available from spiderbeam in Germany but now their
> web page states that available sometime in 2025 :-( This would be for 80m
> quarter wave vertical(s).
>
>
> Jussi
>
>
> --
>
> If you knew the truth, you'd be banned for knowing it.
>
>
> Jussi Eloranta (AA6KJ)
>
>
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