[Lowfer] LowFER Grabber and Converter

[craig wasson]

My first vertical was made from the old telescoping steel sections.
Being a high school student I would scavange sections from collapsed
TV antennas after big storms.

I'd haul them home by stuffing one end in a golf bag and holding the
other end in my hand as I rode my bike.  It was interesting when
sometimes the sections wouldn't nest correctly and I was towing 25'
behind my bike.

Over time I had collected 8 different sizes that would nest and with
some overlap plus a 10 ft section of conduit on top it gave me an 80
ft high guyed vertical with the top guys as a top hat.

Craig - N6IO




On 9/24/12, Ralph W5JGV <w5jgv at spectrotek.com> wrote:
>  >I brought mine 24 miles home tied UNDER my car. Didn't go over any
> curbs though.
>> Don
>
>
> Many, many years ago, I moved three 20 foot lengths of 2.5" diameter
> steel well pipe from out farm to my QTH in the city. The trip was about
> 70miles. I has the pipes tied underneath my 1961 VW bug. Turning corners
> in the city was "interesting."
>
> When I moved the six 30 foot long lengths of 6" diameter irrigation pipe
> to my present QTH, I tied them atop my box trailer. The rig was a couple
> of feet over the legal road limit, but I made it home without incident.
>
> 73,
>
> Ralph  W5JGV - WD2XSH/7
>