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wa8yxm · 09-21-2009, 09:15 AM

Where as I do not recommend fiberglass.. It bends too much

Sunsetter made the aluminum pole I use.. it's Bronze to better blend with my rig.

Scroll down a bit.. Can not link to the product itself

There are other companies that make both Fiberglass And Metal.. I thought Sunsetter did but .. alas, did not find it.

Also at a ham fest (The only one I attended this year was Hazel park) I met a man who was selling a bag This bag is, or appeared to be, a military product. In the bag was either fiberglass or metal sectional poles. as I recall about 5-6 feet, these fit together like the sections of a "Gen-Turi" exhaust extension, there kit comes with a guy ring or two, and a base plate (One of several) is very light in weight (Metal weighs less than fiberglass, as I well know, driving a fiberglass towed) and the cost was amazng low.. I forget the cost, but it was not much.

Now this dealer was from Michigan as I recall... but if you haunt the hamfests... You could get lucky

Next time I run across him and have a couple of spare 20's I'm buying.

09-21-2009, 09:15 AM	#20
wa8yxm Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mobile, on the road Posts: 1,139	Where as I do not recommend fiberglass.. It bends too much Sunsetter made the aluminum pole I use.. it's Bronze to better blend with my rig. Scroll down a bit.. Can not link to the product itself There are other companies that make both Fiberglass And Metal.. I thought Sunsetter did but .. alas, did not find it. Also at a ham fest (The only one I attended this year was Hazel park) I met a man who was selling a bag This bag is, or appeared to be, a military product. In the bag was either fiberglass or metal sectional poles. as I recall about 5-6 feet, these fit together like the sections of a "Gen-Turi" exhaust extension, there kit comes with a guy ring or two, and a base plate (One of several) is very light in weight (Metal weighs less than fiberglass, as I well know, driving a fiberglass towed) and the cost was amazng low.. I forget the cost, but it was not much. Now this dealer was from Michigan as I recall... but if you haunt the hamfests... You could get lucky Next time I run across him and have a couple of spare 20's I'm buying.