Envelope-to: dave@picks.force9.co.uk Delivery-date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:12:21 +0100 Received: by pih-mxcore07.plus.net with spam-scanned (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1E1rVL-0002Bz-Ny for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:12:21 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by pih-mxcore07.plus.net with esmtp (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1E1rVL-0002Ba-IU for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:12:19 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1E1rVA-0002I0-G2 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:12:08 +0100 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1E1rV9-0002Hr-VU for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:12:08 +0100 Received: from mail.genesiswireless.us ([63.171.43.8] helo=ms.genesis-technology.com) by relay2.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1E1rsE-0005Ch-6h for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:35:59 +0100 Received: from [192.168.0.100] (rev-65.165.20.91.genesiswireless.us [65.165.20.91]) by ms.genesis-technology.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j77KBnga023938 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 15:11:55 -0500 Message-ID: <42F66B0F.6090309@genesiswireless.us> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 15:11:59 -0500 From: WE0H Mike User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <080720051956.10886.42F6677F000D3F7000002A8622007348300B97010D0A020E06979D0E03@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <080720051956.10886.42F6677F000D3F7000002A8622007348300B97010D0A020E06979D0E03@comcast.net> X-GenesisWireless-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-GenesisWireless-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details X-MailScanner-From: we0h@genesiswireless.us Subject: Re: LF: 136 khz acty Sunday Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PN-SpamFiltered: by PlusNet MXCore (v2.00) Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Hey Warren,

Thanks for the heads up. So it appears that it is just like this Black Widow 20' telescoping fishing pole I have here. It is also tiny at the end with one eye at the end. I had bought it years ago to build a Saint Louis Vertical and never got around to it. Guess I won't bother spending a hundred bucks on a weak pole.

Thanks a bunch,

Mike
WE0H
WD2XGI

Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ wrote:

Mike,
  I bought one of those DK9SQ telescoping masts a couple of years ago. Yes, its very light but also very weak The top section is maybe 1/4" diameter. I was able to (just barely) get it to hold up a 75m dipole made up of #20 insulated wire fed with 300 ohm tv twin lead, I used fishing line instead of rope at the dipole ends. I used the mast as a center support, and it still bent a bit under the weight of the very light dipole. Also, there is no locking mechanism on the telescoping sections, to prevent it from collapsing on itself I had to put a piece of tape accross each of the lower sections.


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73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ
FN42hi



Thanks Dex. Interesting other stuff on that page also :-)

Mike

Dexter McIntyre W4DEX wrote:

WE0H Mike wrote:
Do you know of a supplier of those fibre glass telescopic poles in the North America? I sure would like to buy one. They sound very useful.

http://www.quiltershusband.com/hamhtm/kangaus.htm

Dex