Envelope-to: dave@picks.force9.co.uk Delivery-date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:57:18 +0100 Received: by ptb-mxcore04.plus.net with spam-scanned (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1E1rGo-0006mX-8J for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:57:18 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore04.plus.net with esmtp (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1E1rGo-0006mQ-4H for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:57:18 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1E1rGc-0002Bq-2G for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:57:06 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1E1rGb-0002Bh-F9 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:57:05 +0100 Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([216.148.227.85]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1E1rVr-0000si-GZ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:12:54 +0100 Received: from 204.127.197.116 ([204.127.197.116]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2005080719564901400qiqlve>; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 19:56:54 +0000 Received: from [24.91.21.104] by 204.127.197.116; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:56:48 +0000 From: Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:56:48 +0000 Message-Id: <080720051956.10886.42F6677F000D3F7000002A8622007348300B97010D0A020E06979D0E03@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Dec 17 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: bWFyeWphbmVib3lkQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: LF: 136 khz acty Sunday Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed 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 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. -- 73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ FN42hi