True, but you have to prep the sections yourself, which takes a bit of time.
Might be worth $50 to have someone else do that.
First, you have to cut slits in one end of each piece of tubing. Then you
have to carefully deburr the cuts. Then you have to clean each tube, along
the overlap area (inside or out, as appropriate) to make sure there's no
dirt or contaminants. If you don't, the tubes can sieze up when you put them
together. It's not a big issue if you're going with 6" of overlap (though a
small burr can foul that up, too), but if you intend to fully nest the tubes
in order raise the vertical by extending the sections (as opposed to tilting
it up), then it can be a big deal.
Presumably, DXE and Hy-Gain clean and finish the tubing sections for their
pre-packaged verticals, but I don't know for sure. I'd be interested to know
if the verticals are shipped with the sections fully nested in their final
configuration (adjacent sizes nested), or if the sections are packaged
separately (nested to save space, but without nesting two adjacent sizes.)
73, Dick WC1M
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RICHARD SOLOMON [mailto:w1ksz@q.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:11 PM
> To: TowerTalk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DX Engineering 66-Foot Vertical?
>
>
> You can do the same thing by buying 6' sections of Aluminum tubing
>
> from Texas Towers and a couple of boxes of SS Hose Clamps and
>
> save yourself $50 in the deal.
>
>
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
> > From: n7mal@citlink.net
> > To: mike@mallardcove.com; jmaass@k8nd.com; towertalk@contesting.com
> > Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:40:04 +0000
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DX Engineering 66-Foot Vertical?
> >
> > Here is a link for a similar product from Hy-Gain
> > http://www.hy-gain.com/Product.php?productid=ATM-65
> >
> >
> >
> > MAL
> > N7MAL
> > BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
> > http://www.n7mal.com
> > Everyone in the world is
> > entitled to be burdened
> > by my opinion
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mike Fatchett
> > To: jmaass@k8nd.com ; towertalk@contesting.com
> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 20:13
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DX Engineering 66-Foot Vertical?
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is the webpage for the 65 ft verticals from DXE. I have had a
number
> > of people ask where I found it. It is found under vertical antenna parts
> > Aluminum tubing kits.
> >
> > http://www.dxengineering.com/Products.asp?ID={51E69B40-1957-45C7-98DD-
> 1B5C9D
> > 56B2F0}&SecID=137&DeptID=32
> >
> >
> >
> > "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you
may
> > never get over." Ben Franklin
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Maass [mailto:jmaass@k8nd.com]
> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 5:07 AM
> > To: mike@mallardcove.com
> > Subject: [Spam] DX Engineering 66-Foot Vertical?
> >
> >
> > G'day Mike:
> >
> > I saw the following from you on the TowerTalk reflector:
> >
> > "I see DX Eng has a 66 ft vertical that
> > needs to be guyed and runs about $200
> > for the aluminum kit, $160 for the tilt
> > base and about $80 for the guying kit."
> >
> > I cannot find anything like that on the DX Engineering web pages:
perhaps I
> > have a blind spot. Can you help me find it (model number, link, etc.)?
> >
> > We are looking to possibly add some phased verticals on 80m for the PJ2T
> > station, as we are not yet "rock crushing" on that band.
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Jeff Maass K8ND
> >
> > Station Manager PJ2T,
> > Caribbean Contesting Consortium
> >
> > CCC Web Site: http://www.pj2t.org
> > PJ2T Slide Show: http://www.k8nd.com/Radio/DELARA_PPT2.pdf
> > Curacao Critters: http://www.CuracaoCritters.com
> >
> >
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