Z.Z. wrote:
I'd be interested in the 20 ft of 2x4. What's the best way to do
that?

Wood 2x4's come in 20 ft. lengths although not every lumber store
carries that length. Or you can stack shorter 2x4's side by side and
staggered to form a 4x4 base. Laying on its side, such a support might
look like:

-----12 ft length------------------16 ft length--------------

+------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------------+
+---------------------------------------+

-------------16 ft length--------------

The upper 16 foot section can be hinged to lay the antenna down.
I used treated lumber for pole applications. Then I added a 20
ft section of fiberglas pole to the above using U-bolts to get
to 44 feet total height.
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Cecil Moore wrote:

Wood 2x4's come in 20 ft. lengths although not every lumber store
carries that length. Or you can stack shorter 2x4's side by side and
staggered to form a 4x4 base. ...

Thanks for the info. Looks do-able. How do you plant these in the ground?
Another 2x4 several feet into the ground? And do you use intermediate guy
wires? I've often thought about building a mast like they've shown in the
Handbook for years, altho they specify 22' 2x3's. Yours seems a bit more
rugged and easier.

73...

Z.Z. wrote:
How do you plant these in the ground?

Post hole digger. Two feet in solid clay is plenty of
support for a guyed system, at least around here.

And do you use intermediate guy wires?

Yep, at the 2x4 to fiberglas pole interface - otherwise
the 2x4's will warp something fierce.
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Cecil Moore wrote in message ...
Art Unwin KB9MZ wrote:
Re fibre glass pole. How is it made? Solid or hollow?

They have both solid and hollow, round and square.

Can you supply any details?

Here's where I get mine in Houston. The one I like comes in
40 foot lengths.

http://www.ryanherco.com/auto/GRPind...EC=860&GRP=120

Nice stuff Cecil but how do you transport 40 footers home??

w3rv

Brian Kelly wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:
http://www.ryanherco.com/auto/GRPind...EC=860&GRP=120

Nice stuff Cecil but how do you transport 40 footers home??

I knew I was only going to use them for the upper 20 ft on each end
of a dipole, so I sawed them in half proving that I am smarter than
the average bear. Your mileage may vary. :-)
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Cecil Moore wrote in message ...
Brian Kelly wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:
http://www.ryanherco.com/auto/GRPind...EC=860&GRP=120

Nice stuff Cecil but how do you transport 40 footers home??

I knew I was only going to use them for the upper 20 ft on each end
of a dipole, so I sawed them in half proving that I am smarter than
the average bear. Your mileage may vary. :-)

Yeah, yeah . . ! I have a couple 40 foot lengths of aluminum
irrigation tubing I do *not* want to cut in half which Carl Anderson
would like to have. I'm fishing for somebody's flash of brilliance WRT
to how to haul the things over the road. You're no solution!

When I bought 'em back in the stone age I was able to simply cartop a
load of 'em home from the boonies of South Jersey. But since then laws
have been enacted which limit load overhangs to three feet fore and
aft. Maybe a long boat trailer . .

w3rv