In article 96,
Ed wrote:


I would recommend getting a glass fibre fishing rod and sliding copper
braid over it, then getting some thin glass fibre tape and resin and
taping over the braid. This is how some military vehicle whips are
constructed. You can then paint it if you wish.

Such an antenna would be excellent for my purposes if it is about 23
feet tall, except I need to break it down into three 7 1/2 foot sections
for storage inside an 8 foot PVC tube. I don't know if those long fishing
poles break down as such, do they?

Also, I do recall pricing such long poles in the past and the cost of
such may be approaching the cost of just buying an actual marine HF antenna
such as I wish to copy.


Ed

A few things you really need to look at A

Just how efficent do you think your 23Ft Antenna is going to be
on MF/HF?
What kind of RF Ground are you going to use to support this 23Ft
MF/HF Antenna?
You of course realize that ANY Antenna isn't going to do Diddle
Squat if your RF Ground is POOR, no matter how much you spend
or save, building it........

Bruce in alaska
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