[Lowfer] LowFER Grabber and Converter

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Great story, I would love to see a picture of that!
Warren

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DnEMoth at aol.com>
To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] LowFER Grabber and Converter


>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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