[Lowfer] LowFER Grabber and Converter

[Douglas D. Williams]

A 40 foot, 3 inch diameter aluminum tube would be ideal.

Delivery might present a problem.

-Doug

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:37 PM, <DnEMoth at aol.com> wrote:

> Check with irrigation people they have 30 and 40 foot aluminum tubes in 2
> and 3 inch diameter.
> Don W2MPK
>
>
> In a message dated 9/23/2012 6:32:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> listread at lwca.org writes:
>
> Alas,  the telescoping 30 to 50 foot TV masts seem to have become very hard
> to  find any more, as I reported in the saga of my own beacon in The
> LOWDOWN
> earlier this year.  The last time I saw one in a catalog, which has  been
> several years ago now, it was nearly $70.  They've gone up  since!  I
> priced
> one through a local hardware store last year that  handles Channel Master,
> and discovered the 40-footer is $130 and the  50-footer is $170, give or
> take.  Same with a couple of online  sources (eBay was _not_ one of
> those...been burned too many times  there...but you might luck out).
>
> Many of the vendors of TV antennas and  accessories are no longer with
> us--thanks in no small part to the big (and  ongoing) wireless data
> spectrum
> grab that made digital TV a mandated  process, not a marketplace decision,
> thus further driving consumers away  from over-the-air reception to cable
> and
> satellite for their local  channels.  These masts have become a specialty
> item for the remaining  vendors now,  They're also heavy and a bit
> cumbersome, despite their  ability to telescope.
>
> The 43-foot telescoping ham verticals are much  lighter and are not
> necessarily a budget buster, though.  You can buy  individual tubing
> sections, and/or you may not need the base section  either if you already
> have a good insulator.
>
> You can buy suitable  tubing at better hardware stores, too.  Even if your
> antenna doesn't  telescope, there are ways to get one up in the air.
>
> As I said earlier,  the antenna for a Part 15 LowFER is not high-tech.  If
> the mast is  sufficiently in the clear, there's not much else you need to
> worry about  with it.  It's the loading coil and the ground system that
> will
> benefit from all the attention you can realistically give  them.
>
> John
>
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