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Steel or fiberglass/carbon fiber?? How much antenna weight??

I can't imagine standing up a fully or mostly extended fiberglass push-up could be either fun or successful. They are usually extended from a vertical position. Steel might be a bit more doable that way but still doesn't sound easy.

My fiberglass push-up is mounted to the side of a deck with the bottom clamp about chest-high. Two sets of 4-rope guys about 10ft apart. Antenna weighs 6-1/4 lbs. Probably not your standard set-up but I like having the ability to lower the antenna whenever I like, severe weather/wind, tuning and maintenance. If the weather is really bad I can pull the antenna off the mast and stick it in the garage.

[QUOTE="Crawdad, post: 855694, member: 48522"] Steel or fiberglass/carbon fiber?? How much antenna weight?? I can't imagine standing up a fully or mostly extended fiberglass push-up could be either fun or successful. They are usually extended from a vertical position. Steel might be a bit more doable that way but still doesn't sound easy. My fiberglass push-up is mounted to the side of a deck with the bottom clamp about chest-high. Two sets of 4-rope guys about 10ft apart. Antenna weighs 6-1/4 lbs. Probably not your standard set-up but I like having the ability to lower the antenna whenever I like, severe weather/wind, tuning and maintenance. If the weather is really bad I can pull the antenna off the mast and stick it in the garage. [/QUOTE]

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