[Milsurplus] mast poles, follow-up

[Bill MacLane]

The aluminum version is also available in white.  
You can get the entire kit from Coleman's Surplus.
http://colemans.com/

Some use the net spreaders as a base.  I do not think
it is very safe, but I have seen it done.

73,
Bill
--- Bill MacLane <ai4wm at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ray and the Group,
> If the poles are what I think they are both are
> camouflage support system poles.  These poles are
> part
> of the no longer issued LCSS (Lightweight Camouflage
> Support System)  They were issued in woodland
> (green)
> plastic (fiberglass) and aluminum.  Both can be
> safely
> used as antenna supports to 45 -- 50 ft.  There are
> fellows out there who use these up to 80 and 90
> feet,
> but that is pushing the limit.  
> 
> I use these every Field Day and for portable
> operation.  I would not erect the fiberglass ones
> for
> a permanent installation. Fiberglass binders
> deteriorate in sunlight.
> 
> There are many of the newer lightweight poles from
> this series being sold CHEAP.  They crack, split and
> break.
> They have plastic collars on the female ends that
> are
> worthless.  Others have no collar at all.  The poles
> are fine if one reinforces the female end.  I used
> 1-1/4 inch sch. 80 PVC couplings turned to a press
> fit
> and epoxied them to my poles and they worked fine.
> 
> Some of these kits come with fiberglass or plastic
> guy
> rings.  These rings are made to steady cammo
> netting,
> not guying a mast.  They will break.
> 
> I like the aluminum versions for all but deploying
> an
> inverted-V since the center pole would be conductive
> using aluminum.
> 
> I have more information on these, including FSN and
> other identifiers, but to not bore you all I'll not
> make this email any longer.  I will be posting it on
> my  webpages sometime.
> 
> 73,
> Bill
> AI4WM
> --- WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> 
> > Ray,
> > 
> > Seems I recall someone asking a similar question
> on
> > G503 and the answer given 
> > was that the fiberglass poles are for camoflage
> > netting or something like 
> > that.
> > 
> > In a message dated 5/27/2008 9:36:08 AM Central
> > Daylight Time, 
> > rafantini at salisbury.edu writes: 
> > > I went to the Howard County ham fest last
> Sunday,
> > nothing like Dayton but a 
> > > lot closer. Did see an ARC-5 receiver and a rack
> > mount HP-608 for $10 each, 
> > > along with the same broken PRC-174 that was at
> > Timonium, looks a lot like a 
> > > PRC-104 and am told that broken is there natural
> > state.
> > > But the question I have is about mast poles, the
> > same company was at Dayton 
> > > selling lots of aluminum and fiberglass mast
> that
> > are OD green. Hams buy 
> > > these things by the truck load and call them
> > military mast but I have to wonder. 
> > > Did the US military ever use fiberglass poles?
> And
> > I thought that all the 
> > > temporary mast I have seen like the AB-952 and
> the
> > like were heavier 
> > > construction. Is there a huge supply of third
> > world substandard mast on the market or is 
> > > this what the last of the mill spec kits were?
> > > Ray Fantini KA3EKH
> > > 
> > 
> > Robert Downs - Houston
> > <http://www.wa5cab.com> (Web Store)
> > MVPA 9480
> > <wa5cab at cs.com> (Primary email)
> > <wa5cab at comcast.net> (Backup email)
> >    
> > >
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> 73,
> Bill
> AI4WM
> 
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73,
Bill
AI4WM