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
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
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