Daniel:
I'm afraid I'm going to be contrary to your <no wood> requirement with
my suggestion. When I was first licensed in the 60s, many QST and Pop
Electronic articles on construcing quads suggested using bamboo poles as
spreaders. At that time they were obtainable from carpet stores; the carpet
material was often shipped wound around such poles and the poles were then
available at little or no cost. Later construction articles urged that
these poles should be wrapped in fiberglass tape to prolong their useful
life.
This might not be a particularly appealing choice, especially if you
consider having to wrap the bamboo in tape, but I throw it out there FWIW.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Hileman" <n9wx@hotmail.com>
To: "TOWER TALK" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:07 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Fiberglass Supplier
Hi Everyone,
I am wanting to homebrew a 2 element 20-10m quad...I have it all worked out
in my head, but I was looking at Max-gain for fiberglass tubing for the
spreaders, and they seem VERY expensive ($26.00/8' at 1".) So, anyone know
a good fiberglass supplier or alternate ideas for spreaders that would be
relatively professional grade, for a permanent type antenna, in other words,
not wood.
Thanks and 73,
Daniel N9WX
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