D. Martin schrieb:
I bought the 30 $ antenna, made in the USA, and hooked it up to my
shortwave. It seems to work alright.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=131352 It's mounted on my
roof. I'm sure there are better arraingments, but you gotta do what you
gotta do. Darren

I'm not looking for the antenna but for a 33ft/10mtr lightweight
transportable mast only.
I've already a good inox steel diamond discone antenna hooked up in the
attic.

Last year I bought some exterior grade plastic pipes and pipe couplings
that I cemented on to the ends of the pipes and I mounted my hand held
tree limb pruning saw on one end of the pipes with a metal bracket I
made.I used that to cut down some tree limbs on some tall trees in my
yard.Wouldn't something like that be usefull (minus the saw of course)
for an antenna mast? and it can easily be assembled and disassembled as
needed.
cuhulin

schrieb:
Last year I bought some exterior grade plastic pipes and pipe couplings
that I cemented on to the ends of the pipes and I mounted my hand held
tree limb pruning saw on one end of the pipes with a metal bracket I
made.I used that to cut down some tree limbs on some tall trees in my
yard.Wouldn't something like that be usefull (minus the saw of course)
for an antenna mast? and it can easily be assembled and disassembled as
needed.

Did you have the cost of the parts available..? I want to have at least
33ft... I'm a plumber and heating installer by profession and I have
access to many parts for homebrewing something. But military grade
quality stuff is hard to get otherwise on surplus prices :-)

I bought five sections of exterior grade plastic pipe and the pipe
couplings and the pipe couplings cement at a local Home Depot store to
make my tree limb saw arrangement.I cemented the pipe couplings on to
the pipes and then I screwed the pipes together one at a time as I
worked the saw up as high up in the trees that I wanted to go,I needed
to reach up a little over fifty feet high to saw off the tree limbs.It
was sort of cumbesome but it worked ok for me.I don't remember exactly
how much money it all cost me but it wasen't much.Check out your local
building supply stores.Also about five or six months ago there was an
article at www.boingboing.com about a small weird looking bent wire
antenna and I think the article said the antenna was developed by
NASA.It is suppose to be a very good antenna too.
cuhulin

As opposed to building a space-reaching Macgiveresque antenna out of
matchsticks and chewing gum. This telescoping unit seems like a really
nifty kit for the cash. Darren





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