[Lowfer] LowFER Grabber and Converter

[DnEMoth at aol.com]

I brought mine 24 miles home tied UNDER my car. Didn't go over any curbs  
though.
Don
 
 
In a message dated 9/24/2012 5:25:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kb4oer at gmail.com writes:

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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