Envelope-to: dave@picks.force9.co.uk Delivery-date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:26:19 +0100 Received: by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with spam-scanned (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1E1wPA-0004Xn-Mx for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:26:19 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1E1wPA-0004Xe-DJ for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:26:16 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1E1wOQ-0003FR-8M for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:25:30 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1E1wOP-0003FI-Hv for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:25:29 +0100 Received: from mail.genesiswireless.us ([63.171.43.8] helo=ms.genesis-technology.com) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1E1wdk-0001wY-Ug for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:41:24 +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 j781PDAr002590 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 20:25:13 -0500 Message-ID: <42F6B482.4060207@genesiswireless.us> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:25:22 -0500 From: WE0H Mike User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <080720052319.27858.42F696E7000BB00500006CD222073000330B97010D0A020E06979D0E03@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <080720052319.27858.42F696E7000BB00500006CD222073000330B97010D0A020E06979D0E03@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-GenesisWireless-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-MailScanner-From: we0h@genesiswireless.us Subject: Re: LF: 136 khz acty Sunday Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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) I thought of that once before. I'll check 'em out the next trip to town.

Mike


Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ wrote: 
Mike,
       Save your money. Buy a telescoping paint pole from Home Depot and lash the 20' fishing rod to it. That way you will have a 33' pole for much less money, and it will be stronger too.


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73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ
FN42hi


Subject:
Re: LF: 136 khz acty Sunday
From:
WE0H Mike <we0h@genesiswireless.us>
Date:
Sun, 7 Aug 2005 20:12:55 +0000
To:
rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
To:
rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org

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