[Lowfer] FW: 600MRG> Helically wound vertical on a city lot>NO WAY!!!

Sat, 23 Mar 2002 11:20:09 -0600

Hi Ed,
I have put up those PVC masts before and share your same laughter just
thinking back about it. It is a riot with two or more people standing the
rubbery thing up and a swearing session when trying it alone!!! I did
succeed once doing it alone with a couple of ropes or so tied to the anchors
and just pulling it up little by little and taking up the slack in the ropes
a bit at a time. At least the stuff is cheep enough to leave it in the
garage after you figure out that it sucked. Oh well. Great humor, thanks.
73's,
Mike>WE0H
http://www.geocities.com/we0h/index.html

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Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 10:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [Lowfer] FW: 600MRG> Helically wound vertical on a city lot>NO
WAY!!!

Randy wound this 40' vertical on 2" PVC pipe, and several
of us went out to help him erect it.  Real exciting day.  Helpers
included me, Bill Gates, Bill Lake (WB6RIJ), and Dave Curry (WD4PLI).
It turns out that the out that that length of pipe was about as rigid as
spaghetti!  We had several ropes on it and fastened the base securely
and then tried to raise it.  Both ends clung to the ground but after a
lot of effort got it to try to stand up.  One of the problems was that
we who were holding the ropes kept collapsing in laughter at the
stupidity of the whole affair.  Eventually got it up and pretty straight
after a couple of hours of work and laughter
Ed
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W6IZJ