On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 12:15:35 -0700, "Chuck Olson"
wrote:


wrote in message
roups.com...
A rat shack pushup pole, *properly* guyed, should do the
trick. I'm not sure about 125 mph winds though. I'm not
sure many would survive that...But... The pushup masts
are retractable. What I do when a hurricane is coming,
is to retract the mast down to it lowest level. That makes
it super strong, and being low, there is little risk. I've
had those masts ride out hurricanes, even all the way up.
But...It wasn't 125 mph though... Maybe 100-105 mph or so...
You can buy the brackets for the house.
MK


Yes, Radio Shack used to carry them, but not any more, unless you just
happen to find one in a store left over from when they had them. Someone
said Lowes had them, but the stores in the S.F. Bay Area don't - - and in an
on-line search of their stock they don't recognize the product, so maybe
that's dated information, too. I suspect with cable and satellite, hardly
anybody goes to the trouble of putting up an outside TV antenna any more, so
from disuse, we may have lost that resource. There still might be masts
available through small town TV installers in the fringe area around big
cities, but I don't see anything on line except for Wholesale Electronics
Inc who have no stock on hand. The latest manufacturer to take over some of
the business from Rohn, Nello Corp. says they will have a line of
telescoping masts in the Fall of 2005, so you might be able to get one then
through Array Solutions on the West coast or AN Wireless in the East..

If anyone reading this has a 30 ft 3-section TV mast they're willing to sell
for a reasonable price, I'd be interested myself.

73, Chuck W6PKP


Hmm, Radio Shack used to carry telescoping masts; no more though,
according to their web site. However, Lowe's Home Improvement does
list a guyed 30-foot telescoping mast. Probably special order.

Oh, well...

bob
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