List Etiquette (was [Milsurplus] mast poles

[Don Davis]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Davis" <dxguy at earthlink.net>
To: <WA5CAB at cs.com>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: List Etiquette (was [Milsurplus] mast poles


OK Robert:  Here's some new dope.  I bot a bunch of 30 - 75 MHz military 
log periodics from Murphy several years ago.  They have a lanyard about 
30 feet long (black nylon cord) that flips the ant from vert to horiz 
polarization.  Also has coax about the same legth with BNC conn.  The 
hinge assy has a pintle that slips inside the fiberglass mast end.  The 
other end of the fiberglass mast fits into the aluminum masts.  I bot a 
ton of the masts from Murphy as well.  Fiberglass on the top section so 
that the antenna works properly in vert polarization.  I'll look up the 
nomenclature of these as I get access to the ants, and post it to the 
net.  This set-up makes a dandy portable 6M antenna set-up.  If you're 
into that sort of thing.

73 de Don  AD6PB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: WA5CAB at cs.com
  To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
  Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:10 PM
  Subject: Re: List Etiquette (was [Milsurplus] mast poles


  I guess this can be my pet peeve rant for the month.  I'm quite sure, 
when I signed up, I read somewhere in the fine print that we were 
allowed one a month.

  This morning someone (who is not germane to my point) posted a 
question about fiberglass and aluminum mast poles currently being sold 
at hamfests and other venues.  By Noon it had been well established that 
the poles were originally procured by USA/DOD for the purpose of 
supporting camouflage netting.