24 Feb
2011
24 Feb
'11
7:57 p.m.
My az-el has an 8 foot steel mast, with two 5 foot PVC and closet dowel verticals on each end. It's been up for 5 years in the Florida sun and storms, supporting a 10 element 2m yagi, 30 element 70cm CP yagi, a 35 element 23cm yagi, and a 3 foot S dish at the ends of the PVC/wood H booms. I did use the grey thick-walled PVC, not the white stuff. It's a perfectly acceptable material with the wood inside, non-conductive, non-rusting.
73, Drew KO4MA
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Patterson mattpatt@1starnet.com Sent: Feb 24, 2011 2:05 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: PVC
I can't even believe that some people recommend doing this!
Matt W5LL