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
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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
Again, you are NOT using the PVC for structural strength. Your strength is coming from the wood! Big difference from using just PVC.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Thu, 2/24/11, Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com wrote:
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.
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