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« on: July 02, 2008, 01:21:30 AM »
Do anyone have experience using these Huh


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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2008, 01:56:55 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2008, 08:03:07 AM »
Quote from: KB2WIG on July 02, 2008, 01:21:30 AM
Do anyone have experience using these Huh


Mast sections, right?  I put up a "temporary" 40-footer made of similar sections (actually, a complete mil kit, with guys, etc.) in 1993 to hang a quickie couple of inverted V's on after moving into a new house.  It's still up Smiley

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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2008, 01:47:57 PM »
 Thanks gentlemens,
 I'm considering using them as suports for a  " Perhaps the Best 75M Local & DX Antenna - Put up cheap! "  K1JJ style dipole sys fer 75....  i've got the land and a chain saw; maybe by next spring i'll have the time, etc to do it. Untill then, it'll be a pipe wrench erected dipole, before winter.....

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« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2008, 03:06:16 PM »
They definately look like military mast sections.  They apprear to be the one used when I was in the Army back in the early 70's.  The military model of the mast kit was AB-155.  It included mast sections like you have shown along with all the hallards (guys) to keep it up and last but not least ground support posts along with a hammer to drive them into the ground.  They are extreamly strong and made of thickwall extrusion of some type. 
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« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2008, 08:26:37 AM »
Measure the wall thickness of those.

If they are ~ 1/8th or more they are Cammoflage net support poles, and very strong.  I built a mast of those that was ~60ft high in the desert. (two sets of guy wires onto 8ft pickets driven into the sand 7ft and it withstood everything the environment threw at it, including sandstorms, while holding up an OE254 antenna at the top)

If they are fairly thin walled, they are the mast sectoins, which are not as stout and you won't be able to get them very high up with out danger of a collapse.

both items are very close in size with the only real difference being the wall thickness.
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« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2008, 03:04:52 PM »
The epay add show approx 1/8 in ..... 
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« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2008, 10:12:18 AM »
If they are antenna mast sections from the AB-56, you would need the guy rings with them. They slip over the top of a piece and are held by the piece above it. For 40FT, 3 sets of guys is the best idea.
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