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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 continued to market Clark Masts in the Australia Asia-Pacific region until the company was closed in 2011. In 2012 a new company, started by Greg Whiter, who was previously Managing Director of GFS Electronics took over the Australian distributorship of Clark Masts. That new company is Portable Masts Australia Pty Ltd. Illustrated on this web page, for historical purposes, is Clark Masts Antenna Mounting Accessories page from their late 1960's - early 1970's catalogue. |
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In the late 1960's and early 1970's each Clark Masts portable pneumatic telescopic mast was equipped with either a 24 mm or 40 mm socket at it's head. The socket was designed with a 'quick clamp' to allow the securing of a suitable sized spigot within the socket. Details of both the socket size and spigot size are shown above. |
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