Fiberglass mast from ebay

[nrune]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.