Mike:

Will keep the uniStrut suggestion in mind if I can't locate the telescopic 
mast I'm looking for.

One little break-through this afternoon is that a ham friend who owns a TV 
service shop about 100 miles north of me may have a line on Channelmaster 
masts, so will see if that pans out first.

If not, then it's onto plan B., which you guys are helping me formulate.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:45 PM
Subject: Another Mast Idea


See Hints and Kinks in the April, 2010, QST.

Someone there suggested using sections of UniStrut. This is an
l-shaped steel channel that comes in various lengths up to 12 or 14
feet each.

You will need to guy it, of course, but it should do what you want.

Again, check Lowes, Home Depot, etc, for local availability.

I was planning to use two sections to support each end of a new 40
meter inverted V, but I was lucky enough to raid the last supply of 10
foot mast sections which were on clearance at my local Radio Shack a
few weeks ago.

Weather permitting, said antenna project is scheduled to happen in my
back yard this Saturday along with a sloper for 160.




Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs