[K3CAL] 6 meter J pole

Eric H. Christensen eric at christensenplace.us
Wed Oct 15 22:20:43 EDT 2014


I've got one made of copper pipe.  I'm not sure of the pipe diameter but I'll happily show it to whomever.  It's quite sturdy.

--Eric

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 09:54:01PM -0400, Wa4prr wrote:
> Rich-
> 
> I tried to make a 6 Meter J-Pole a few years back using 3/4" and 1/2" copper water pipe.  It proved to be too "whippy" to support it self in the wind.  Perhaps aluminum tubing might be lighter and stiffer than copper pipe.  73,
> 
> Ron Byzet / WA4PRR - Sent from my iPad


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