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1. [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: jim Jarvis <jimjarvis@optonline.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:30:49 -0400; Since several asked about 6061 vs 6063 Aluminum, off reflector, I decided to do a bit of wikipedia research. The specific gravity of each is about the same; 6061 is 2.7, 6063 is 2.68. 6061-T6 T6 temp; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00669.html (8,609 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: jim Jarvis <jimjarvis@optonline.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:40:37 -0400; I verified with the Al tube vendor the 6061/6063 question. They're both the same price. 6061 is stronger. but if you need to put a bend in the material, 6063 is what you want. 6061 will crack or oran; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00683.html (7,174 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: jim Jarvis <jimjarvis@optonline.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:45:02 -0400; Dave, I haven't looked in a materials handbook to see the spec, so I'm only repeating what Bethlehem Aluminum and Wikipedia said. But I think you misread my comment. 6061 will spring.... it can be be; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00699.html (9,364 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:03:08 -0400; 6061 is much harder than 6063. It's what we use for aircraft skin, cowls, wheel pants... etc. so 6061 can be bent, it can be shaped into rather complex shapes using an English Wheel, as well as panis; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00707.html (11,583 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: TexasRF@aol.com; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:55:45 EDT; Most antenna manufacturers are using 6063-T832 alloy tubing. The T832 is very important and I have seen no one refer to this in these tubing discussions. The yield strength of 6061-T6 and 6063-T832 i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00708.html (13,240 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:48:39 -0400; I'd like to enlarge on that a bit if I may and I'm no expert. Quenching is the rapid, but controlled cooling of a material in some medium. That medium may vary from water to oil, to even liquid Nitro; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00710.html (17,851 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Scott MacKenzie" <kb0fhp@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:56:39 -0400; As with all things - there is a lot of myth, mis-information and fallacy about heat treating. Since I do this for a living I might as well join the fray. 6061 and 6063 are hardenable, heat treatable; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00713.html (20,373 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Dave Johnson" <djohnson@windstream.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:37:20 -0400; Sorry Jim but who ever told you this is full of it. 6061-T6 is a alloy that is designed to be bent a long way and not take a set. It will not crack or orange peel. Dave - K4SSU ______________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00715.html (9,120 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Scott MacKenzie" <kb0fhp@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:23:11 -0400; Terry found a typo - it should be about 960F instead of 96F...I was thinking faster than I type. Sorry Scott Heated to 96F.......is that a typo? 73 de Terry KK6T Scott MacKenzie wrote: medium. layer; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00718.html (23,738 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:01:37 -0700; Aluminum is difficult to weld for another reason. Unlike steel/iron, which turn red/orange well before they get to the melting point, aluminum melts at a low enough temperature that you can't tell b; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00724.html (9,646 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Scott MacKenzie" <kb0fhp@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:10:17 -0400; It also has a very soft heat affected zone - really requiring heat treatment afterwards --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00726.html (10,451 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:29:26 -0700; Yep.. I'm just happy if it sticks at all. Welded aluminum structures are tricky.. much trickier than steel. (just as a note.. bet your welder he/she can't weld two gum wrappers.. and get read to pay; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00727.html (8,119 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:55:08 -0400; That goes along with it's tremendous ability to transfer heat. By the time the tiny spot you are working on is ready to melt so it the whole area around it. <:-)) Voice of experience. TIG is quite ea; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00729.html (11,648 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: Joe Reisert <Joe@Reisert.org>; Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:58:09 -0400; Jim etal, One of the reasons many Ham antenna manufactures use 6063 instead of 6061 is its appearance. 6063 has a nice bright look while 6061 has a dull appearance. To some this makes the antenna mor; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00761.html (12,062 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:14:20 -0400; True, for a "new" antenna, but the finish dulls rapidly to a gray color within weeks to a few months. All of the antennas in the array here except the old TH-5 were bright and shiny when they went up; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00794.html (9,330 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: Joe Reisert <Joe@Reisert.org>; Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:44:27 -0400; Hi Roger, I don't know where you live but up here in God's Country (NH) 50 miles for the Ocean my antennas seem to stay shiny. In fact, earlier this winter I had to fix one of my verticals that had s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00885.html (11,097 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:30:51 EDT; BTW, even if the tubing is bright when you buy it and it dulls later, you buy for how it looks now. Ditto all the plated hardware some manufacturers sell with their antennas. Looks nice when you put; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00886.html (8,639 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:04:14 -0400; Central Michigan, just North of the flat land farming country better known as what used to be a big swamp. The old TH-5 has a dull finish that looks like the results of sand blasting. The AV640 is st; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00890.html (12,624 bytes)
19. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>; Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:54:40 -0400; Last weekend I replaced my 4:1 balun with a new Un-Un from DX-Engineering.... and learned the value of the never-seize stuff. The hardware was tight, and secure, but also came apart real easy and I c; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00891.html (9,634 bytes)
20. Re: [TowerTalk] 6061 vs 6063 (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:53:12 -0400; You start with a bit on your fingers and pretty soon you are covered from the tip of your nose to your toes. OTOH it's a whale of a lot better than some high pressure, low RPM,BLACK, grease that we u; /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-04/msg00002.html (8,938 bytes)

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