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Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 3393
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 9:26 am: | 
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Airplane1
Intermediate Member
Username: Airplane1
Post Number: 102
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 8:39 am:
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Where can I get antenna mast? who sells it or is it just galvanized pipe I can buy at the hardware store?
Thanks
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Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 3394
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 9:30 am: |
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Airplane1,
Sorry but my Computer crashed when I was approving posts, and got mine and your post.
You can get mast pipe at: MENARDS, LOWES, HOME DEPOT, Wal-Mart or a lot of places or use any kind of pipe you may have on hand.
Hope this helps.
Lon
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Airplane1
Intermediate Member
Username: Airplane1
Post Number: 104
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 11:56 am: |
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Thanks 808,
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Cm3885
Advanced Member
Username: Cm3885
Post Number: 569
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 1:22 pm: |
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Lowes has a 36' mast for 44.99..
Im thinking of getting one for here at the Apartment.. |
That ELCO Guy (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 4:40 pm: |
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For lightweight beams and antennas try the chain link fence section of Lowes or Home Depot. Look for the pipe that fits on the top of the pipes you set in concrete.
That Elco Guy |
Airplane1
Intermediate Member
Username: Airplane1
Post Number: 105
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 7:44 pm: |
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Thanks Cm3885 and ECHO Guy,
I work near a lowe`s so i`ll stop in tomarrow, I need it to be 1 1/4 inch OD and about 4ft long to fit my antenna and tower.
that will put my antenna at 50 to ground radials.
airplane |
Cm3885
Advanced Member
Username: Cm3885
Post Number: 573
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 9:42 pm: |
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The Lowes mast will work only if you use a smaller antenna (not a beam) and some guy lines using non metallic lines like UV resistant poly.
Im gonna do this with my I maxx 2000 but ill more than likely only put it up 30' instead of using all 36' since im in a ground level aparment. I have my antenna up 18' and my mast is attached to the front porch eve and the bottom is stuck on a short peice of pipe jammed 2' in the ground. I get out ok but not as well as id like to.
BTW, whats Airplane1 stand for?
RU a pilot and own a small plane or RU just into RC planes? |
Airplane1
Intermediate Member
Username: Airplane1
Post Number: 109
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 8:34 am: |
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Cm3885,
I am learning to fly light planes (aeroncas,cubs)this summer and yes I have a 1946 aeronca in my garage. It needs restored before I can fly it but thats just part of the fun. |
Ca346
Advanced Member
Username: Ca346
Post Number: 979
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 12:50 pm: |
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I used the 'green label' electrical conduit for my 20ft mast that sits 3ft into the top of my 50ft Rohn tower. The outside diameter is almost perfect for the 1 1/4inch inside diameter of the top tower section. It comes in 10ft sections and I screwed them together with a standard coupling. I have 2 antennas on it and the wind load is minimal because the 18ft boom of the bigger one is attached 2ft above the top of the tower. It is amazingly strong stuff, but obviously not really made for the stresses and loads of wind sheer. But it's cheap... |
Airplane1
Intermediate Member
Username: Airplane1
Post Number: 116
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 7:02 pm: |
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Thanks alot everyone, all you members are so helpful. |
