Steve, Thanks much. Nice pictures. About what I was thinking of doing too!
73, matt On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:27:54 -0500, you wrote: >I used an MK-8HD (50') for Field Day. I had an Arrow 2m/440M j-pole over a >large dipole center insulator made from pvc pipe and used 300 Ohm ladder >line and 140' of 14 gauge house wire. Once three people guyed it perfectly >vertical it was OK for the rest of the weekend. However the top did bow >before that. I purchased the three fiberglass guy rings that were nice ($5 >each). It was actually extended about 43 feet total. I have some pics at: >http://tinyurl.com/luwagy > >Next time I will use a much smaller center insulator. > >For NVIS, for MARS I will take off the top 1" OD section. > >Steve, W2MY, AAR6CX > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Matthew Zilmer >Do any of you Elecrafters have experience with Max-Gain's MK-8 >fiberglass mast (telelscoping poles)? I'm interested in using their >50-footer guyed down as a center support for an 80m doublet. > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
