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nrune
14-Apr-2012, 6:11 PM
I see these military grade fiberglass mast sections on ebay all the time, I live in a rural area and was wondering if these mast sections at 25 feet or more preform well as a long term installation. The poles are in 4 foot sections with guy wire ect. Anyone use these?
Mike
Electron
14-Apr-2012, 7:36 PM
Given only 4 foot sections each , that is very short , how high can it go and still remain stable. Does not sound good to me. Is this for a tv antenna??
nrune
14-Apr-2012, 7:49 PM
This is an example, there are several of these auctions on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Ea-Fiberglass-Camouflage-Antenna-Mast-Kit-Stacking-Poles-4-Artic-Snow-White?item=270953917661&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D772096 2641075739335#ht_1167wt_926
Electron
14-Apr-2012, 8:08 PM
Well does not cost much to put it to the test of an installation with a tv antenna. Go head and do it and keep us informend of how well it works.
OberGeiss
14-Apr-2012, 10:52 PM
Sometimes one can very easily obtain, sometimes free, carbon fibre windsurf masts with broken bases.
Simple to saw off the base (using proper dust/particle masks of course).
They don't react well to metal fastenings but wooden collars at the mount points can be easily fashioned and then the whole rig clamped as a steel mast would be, taking into consideration that the OD on these masts are approx 2 to 2.125 inches...... maybe less prone to lightning strikes??
David
nrune
15-Apr-2012, 1:34 AM
After thinking about it, I don't think I am going to trust $200 worth of antenna equipment on a maybe untried solution. Think I will go with a channel master galvanized telescoping pole.
Thanks for the replies.
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