[TAC] Antenna idea

[Hank Kohl K8DD]

I have two of the DK9SQ 33' masts that Bill sells for $99, Stan has one 
and for all three of them we have one section of extension to make them 
42" (I think) longer. 
For the price they are **absolutely** great, and we would not think of 
going without them!

I also have two 33' military masts -
One is aluminum from The Mast Company - take a look at them on 
http://www.tmastco.com/
    It should hold up a TA33jr or 3 to 5 element 6M yagi
The other one I got at Dayton - Fiberglass.  Very good quality, from a 
group in Rochester, NY
    It will hold up a dipole with no problem but not a yagi.
    Three of these will hold up most any dipole you want to put up.

Stan and I have used the DK9SQ masts from the Ile de France hotel in St 
Pierre twice and pushed up to about 25' or so they will hold up the 
center of a dipole or G5RV.  We used one in V47 to hold up the sagging 
center of a 102' G5RV and another one to hold up a 10M dipole on the 
second floor balcony.

Four of them would be great for a 40M four square, but two of them 
spaced 70' apart ..... I don't know - I think the top would try to bend 
at a right angle and snap.
Between Stan and I, we have three of them and can look at this Aug 21 
after the Lapeer Swap.
   
73    Hank

Greg Surma wrote:

>N8ET 33' telescoping pole
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>two of them spaced 70' apart  
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>20 meter or 15 meter  dipole or quad loops  from tops of both of them,
>fed with RG8X  broadside to Europe in phase
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>turns into 2 el 80 meter beam at night (vertical)
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>Greg Surma
>Director of Engineering and Operations, WNEM
>(989) 7582084
>(989) 7582085 FAX
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