In a message dated 4/20/01 10:33:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, gclute@home.com
writes:
> Does anyone use seamless stainless steel? I had an 8 foot piece up
> for about
> 15 years stacking a 4 element 10 meter beam and a 3 element 6 meter
> beam without problem.
That's a fairly insignificant load so the choice of materials probably
didn't make any difference - water pipe would've worked.
The suitability of the material itself depends on its yield strength -
not its composition.
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
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