Sal M. Onella wrote:
http://www.valcom.ca/Guelph/products...b-u_photo.html This is
built for navy shipboard use so it may be "scary expensive." These are
virtually indestructible. You have to hit one with a crane boom to break
it. It is exactly what you described in your last paragraph. This size
whip covers 2 - 30 MHz with a tuner.

The Navy has used many 35-foot whips over the years. There were
five-section versions, but any you found now would probably be too corroded
to be of use.

Actually, I *did* find one of those things!

http://www.american-milspec.com/p961.html

Alas, it's a bit too tall for my use. I'm thinking of using a 26' whip
with a remote coupler (Harris RF-601) for operating from 40 through 15
meters. Or, I might go to a 30' whip for ops on 60 through 18 meters.
I haven't made up my mind yet although I'm leaning toward the 26' version.

If I go that route I might pick up a commercial, little brother of that
massive Navy style whip - the Shakespeare 5300. It's sold as a 28' whip
but it's actually 26' as they use the bottom two feet for a mounting
sleeve. It's made for shipboard use but is substantially lighter than
the Navy 35' whip. It's only 2-3/8" in diameter, for example..

Time is a precious commodity, at the moment, but I still might roll my
own from Texas Towers Aluminum.

73,
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HZ