The original post was Caps for a KLM 160V, which is a vertical antenna.
Where's the boom on this vertical?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Chiles" <chilesp@adelphia.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 17:19
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Caps for 3" boom
Which way is True North? 5 times thicker mean 5 times the thickness of the
object being compared. If the original cap was 1 inch thick then the new
cap is 5 inches thick. That's my story and I am sticking to it.
Pat, K8PC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Havlicek" <n8de@thepoint.net>
To: "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Caps for 3" boom
> Look below:
>
> David Thompson wrote:
>> Thanks to a tip from Bill, K4XS I got a 3" cap with hose clamp from Home
>> Depot. The cap cost $3.97.
>>
>> They stock caps for 2", 2.5", 3" and 4" pipe but remember this is for
>> black
>> steel pipe which is measured in ID not OD. The clamp did tighten down
>> the
>> 3" cap on the KT34 XA boom and is certainly much better than the original
>> slip on cap. It is about 5 times thicker!
>
> Do you mean 5 times as thick? .. one time thicker = twice as thick!
> 5 times thicker = 6 times as thick.
> Don
> N8DE
>
>
>
>>
>> Dave K4JRB
>>
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