Best Mast Pipe

[FL Native]

I have FOUR yagi antennas on a 21 ft piece of schedule 40 pipe (11 feet above the top of my Rohn 25) It has survived many Hurricanes & lots of Florida thunderstorms with Zero issues over 15 years so far.One of those antennas weighs 55 lbs.

SIX-SHOOTER

pics or it didn't happen... lol

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Two inch schedule 40 Galvanized water pipe is what I used. Push up poles are only meant to be temporary in my mind. Check it out:

https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/sirio-new-vector-4000-install.226677/

 

[W4KVW]

pics or it didn't happen... lol

Look it up on QRZ.com under my Amateur Radio call sign W4KVW and you will see it is REAL. Anyone who knows me knows I have no need of lying to anyone since I will answer for them in the end and I have no desire for that for anyone or anything.

SIX-SHOOTER

 

[W4KVW]

The ABSOLUTE BEST mast material is GUADUA !! https://www.bambooimport.com/en/guadua-bamboo-pole-o-11-13-x-200-cm

Guadua can be considered bamboo on steroids. It is wood, can run from 3 - 5 inches in diameter, 30 to 50 feet tall, straight and strong as hell !!! I have used Guadua for my antenna masts ever since we moved to Colombia 12 years ago. I ran a 2-element quad atop a 13 meter guadua pole without guy wires, and it survived 11 years of Colombian thunderstorms.View attachment 29041
The best thing about using this as an antenna mast is that it is NOT metal, and does not attract lightning. Why use a metal mast that is nothing more than a lightning rod ??
If you know anything about bamboo, it is that it will grow anywhere as long as there is a lot of water available. There are many places that will sell guadua sprouts that you can plant and harvest after only a years growth. Give it a try.

- 399

I bet it is far less expensive than Chrome Molly pipe which is recommended by many tower and antenna companies.

SIX-SHOOTER

 

[FL Native]

Look it up on QRZ.com under my Amateur Radio call sign W4KVW and you will see it is REAL. Anyone who knows me knows I have no need of lying to anyone since I will answer for them in the end and I have no desire for that for anyone or anything.

SIX-SHOOTER

uhhhhhhhh its a joke and I just wanted to see some pics... LOL

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

I bet it is far less expensive than Chrome Molly pipe which is recommended by many tower and antenna companies.

SIX-SHOOTER

Chromolly masts are great if you have a MONSTER system however for the VAST majority of users it is highly over rated. It's like using a D-9 dozer to landscape the front lawn. Most of those types will scream not to use any type of water pipe either as it is meant for internal pressure not bending moments. I used two inch black iron water pipe with a Wilson Shooting Star on a 22 foot length which was in turn mounted on another 22 foot length of four inch well casing and it was fully exposed to MANY noreasters and a couple hurricanes. No problems.

 

[Tallman]

I believe I talked to you on QRZ.com and asked you about the drone used for the picture below.

 

[W4KVW]

uhhhhhhhh its a joke and I just wanted to see some pics... LOL

You can see it there.

SIX-SHOOTER

 

[W4KVW]

I believe I talked to you on QRZ.com and asked you about the drone used for the picture below.

I believe you are correct.A friend took the picture from his drone. I no longer have that big Live Oak since three weeks ago. I am considering putting a 2nd tower up where those vertical antennas are behind my shed.

SIX-SHOOTER

 

[Redbeard U812]

You can see it there.

SIX-SHOOTER

Tallman drug it over for all of us to see, thanks Tall. And Six, that's a damned so nice looking tower set up, shack an awl

 

[W4KVW]

Tallman drug it over for all of us to see, thanks Tall. And Six, that's a damned so nice looking tower set up, shack an awl

Thanks I know I am blessed.On the CB Desk is a TRAM D201A, DAK MKX,& a BROWNING GOLDEN EAGLE MKIVA. I own over 100 CB Radios in my collection and currently 38 Astatic D-104 desk microphones and about 75 or more hand microphones of a large variety. I love radio and have since 1965 when my dad got me hooked just before I turned 5 years old.

SIX-SHOOTER

 

[Redbeard U812]

have seen that collection of 104's you posted, and awl those radios, quite a collection.

 

[Tallman]

Thanks I know I am blessed.On the CB Desk is a TRAM D201A, DAK MKX,& a BROWNING GOLDEN EAGLE MKIVA. I own over 100 CB Radios in my collection and currently 38 Astatic D-104 desk microphones and about 75 or more hand microphones of a large variety. I love radio and have since 1965 when my dad got me hooked just before I turned 5 years old.

SIX-SHOOTER

Be careful when you fertilize your antenna farm. Some antenna mast spread by rhizomes and cannot be contained. You could end in the middle of an antenna forest.

 

[338_MtRushmore]

That little bit ain't gonna hurt ya! Have welded plenty of grating and cold galv. steel. If it makes you a little nauseous, drink some milk. The fumes from the welding rods are far worse. Those 5P rods are now considered bad to breathe, we done breathed that crap for years in industry. Occupational hazzzzzzard. I now only stutter on z's.

Every dang time your posts pop up it is full of bs. Feel nauseous? You won't feel zinc poisoning until hours later, and you will have the worst flu symptoms imaginable. Literally feel like you might die, and people have. 5p has had that warning on the box for years, and there have been ZERO deaths directly attributed to inhalation of the smoke, although I'm sure it causes cancer in California.

 

[Redbeard U812]

Every dang time your posts pop up it is full of bs. Feel nauseous? You won't feel zinc poisoning until hours later, and you will have the worst flu symptoms imaginable. Literally feel like you might die, and people have. 5p has had that warning on the box for years, and there have been ZERO deaths directly attributed to inhalation of the smoke, although I'm sure it causes cancer in California.

And how many times have you been poisoned?