I use two, ten-foot sections of 4-inch diameter thin wall PVC sewer pipe to get to twenty feet for my "portable" Armstrong Dipole. It does not telescope. I have installed appropriate threaded fittings so as to assemble / dis-assemble it into two pieces on the ground after which it is deployed, or, returned to storage or transport. I believe that the two pieces could be glued together if transport was not necessary.
However, walking this up to a vertical position single-handedly may be difficult if the antenna is heavy. In my situation I am using two "hamstick" vehicle antennas to make a horizontal dipole for 80 meters. Doesn't rust and can be painted for camouflage. John, KI5HOC On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 1:14 PM Martin Blaise via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Does anyone have a telescoping mast such as a two section 20 footer? I > have a vertical antenna mfj. 2386 mounted on a part of a mast but the mast > and its rings and pins are completely rusted out I can no longer raise the > antenna to proper height (it’s up to the roof eave now it was previously at > rooftop level at 17 feet above ground actually mfj says 35 above ground is > ideal but that is not a good idea on a city lot) if anyone has other ideas > let me know thanks AG5T ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >
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