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CLARK
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| Page 11 of 18 - Clark Masts, over 50 Years Old in 2009 - Mast Fittings and Mountings |
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In the early 1970's Clark Masts published their first catalogue in 16 years.
Alec Clark, the company's founder had been designing and building portable
air-operated telescopic masts since 1957. During this time Alec Clark's unique
lightweight portable masts had found their way into applications throughout the
world with government Departments Of Defence, Police Departments, Fire
Departments and Emergency Services. Commercial and industrial applications
included for Radio Field Strength Surveying, TV Field Strength Surveying and
portable radio communications. Alec Clark's company, Clark Masts Limited, performed practically ever manufacturing operation itself in-house. Fabrication, casting, precision machining, canvas sewing, plastic and rubber mouldings, anodising and plating, painting, printing, publishing and even the manufacture of packing cases were all in-house operations. Australian users first saw these unique portable masts in the early 1960's courtesy of a antenna manufacturing company called Belling-Lee and the foresight of a gentleman working for them at the time, Frank Welsh. Frank went on, with others, to form his own company, Scalar Industries, in the late 1960's and brought the Clark Masts agency with him. Following Frank Welsh's retirement from Scalar in the mid 1980's GFS Electronics took on the Australian distributorship and continue to market Clark Masts in the Australia Asia-Pacific region today. Illustrated in this web page, for historical purposes, are a range of Mast Fittings and Mast Mountings pages from Clark Masts early 1970's catalogue. |
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Clark Masts produced a range of mounting accessories and fittings for their late 1960's early 1970's masts. Included were such items as antenna rotators, Saddle Clamps for rapid mast deployment, Side Handles and Rotatable Bases to allow easy rotation of the mast and it's headload. Clamp (Locking) mast section Collars were also available for use on masts that were expected to stay extended for long periods of time. |
 
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Various Tripods were available for use with Clark Masts masts that were intended for stand-alone field mounting. |
 
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Clark Masts manufactured a range of Mounting Rings which could be used for convenient mast mounting or to attach a load to the side of a mast. |
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