[Lowfer] trouble

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:43:55 -0600

I hope Eric has someone shooting video of his install so we can all watch
and roll around laughing. Any PVC mast project seems hilarious during the
install part. Anyone ever try making a 30' vertical out of 3/4th inch copper
pipe? I finally got one vertical but after several attempts of it bending
just shy of kinking. It was too heavy of an antenna.

Mike>WE0H
http://www.we0h.us/lf
"XGI" on 185.3026kc
QRSS 30 & -.-.  .--
WD2XGI

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Ed Phillips
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] trouble

Bill Ashlock wrote:
>
> >Sorry to hear, Eric.
> >Is it that the masts are too wormlike on erection?
>
> A familiar problem, indeed, for many of us oldies!  :)
>
> How about some more details, Eric? (and I promise I won't make sport of
them
> <G>)
>
> Bill

        I think I've mentioned this before but several years ago about half
of
a dozen went to Randy Sedan's (ELU, WD6ELU) house to help him erect a
helical lower antenna.  It was wound on ~2" PVC pipe and it was so
wormlike that at one point we had both ends vertical, but both still on
the ground.  After a couple hours of merriment and laughing fits we
finally got it up with the aid of a couple of us on his roof, but it was
a difficult operation and one I'd never get involved with voluntarily in
the future.  Push-up TV mast fine, tilted up PVC no!

Ed

P.S. The antenna was a loser, no where near as good as his somewhat
shorter base-loaded mast.
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