Re: [TowerTalk] re: stiffening masts

[Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>]

Of course an aluminum mast will break.  Did you ever break off a beam 
element trying to straighten it?

73, Pete N4ZR

At 07:17 PM 2/2/2005, Dave NØRQ wrote:

> Rob put into words exactly what I was thinking.
>
> That aluminum mast might flex, and if wind was bad
> enough, yes, it would bend.  However, it won't break, while
> those steel masts could easily break (if pushed beyond their
> limits), not just bend.  I'd rather keep my antennas in the air
> on a bent aluminum mast than on the ground because of a
> broken steel mast.  I suppose monster beams or long mast
> lengths might require steel, but I suspect most ham
> installations would do quite nicely with aluminum.
> --
> Dave NØRQ
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
> > This is not on-site advice so take it as such -- you are the final 
> > decision maker.  having said that, if it flexed and sprung back, maybe 
> > that was a desirable thing.
> >
> > next time you go somewhere on an airplane look out at the wing when you 
> > hit a little turbulence.  you will see it waggling up and down.  it is 
> > made to do that.  if it were made to stay stiff, the plane would crack apart.
>
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