I was also so advised about the carbon containing fishing poles.
Use fibre glass or PVC conduit.
Chris opr VE7HCB
Date sent: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:15:52 +0100
To: towertalk@contesting.com
From: corneliuspaul@gmx.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Non-metallic towers and guy wires
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>Racing cars/bicycles have a lot of carbon products that are
>lightweight but very strong - while an antenna modeling dream, a
>non-metallic tower has financially got to be out of the question.
Not really.
The carbon fibers appear to be electrically conductive, albeit quite
resistive. Its not advisable to use carbon reinforced poles e.g. for
quad spreaders They are likely to disturb your antenna pattern.
73s Con DF4SA
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