Richard wrote:

Have I discarded the wood option prematurely. Maybe. :c)

Get a broken hockey stick -- lots around hockey rinks. They are hard
as nails and work great. I have also used them as yardarms on towers with
pulleys and they have lasted for many years in every kind of weather.

Irv - VE6BP
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Beating it with diet and exercise!
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58"/43"(!)/44" (already lower too!)
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