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/P
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
I am so happy with my experience putting up a DX-Engineering 43 foot vertical monopole, that I could become their celebrity spokesperson... Well,... maybe I stretch the "celebrity" bit... ;-) But the
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 _______________________
It would be interesting to see a printout of all the diameters, lengths wall thicknesses and any other relevant info for each of the aluminum tubing pieces that comprise one of these 66' vertical ant
Yes, it certainly would. But DXEngineering PAID an engineer to design that antenna, and they deserve to sell that product to recover their costs. It's what's called free enterprise. 73, Jim Brown K9
Tubing cost alone is $142.20 from DXE plus the mast kit comes with clamps. Not to bad a deal for the mast kit. Note that most tubing is slit at one end for use of "hose" clamps. It takes 11 6ft se
And, there's a not-inconsiderable advantage to having someone gather all the parts in one box, etc. You know it will fit together, you know you'll have the right size clamps, etc. Sometimes it's easi
Do the math ... It's 66' tall and collapses to 6'. The only difference is the DXE one has a 3' section of larger tubing near the bottom. 73, Dick, W1KSZ ______________________________________________
And purchasing the tubing is free choice. Almost any one on here could design an antenna like that in just a few minutes if they had a list of tubing sizes. OTOH all they'd have to do is call the loc
The Texas Towers Web catalog lists all the tubing sizes with OD, ID and for the mathematically challenged, the wall thickness. Note that there is a small gap between adjoining sizes to allow for tele
No. Free enterprise means that you are free to copy their design and publish a printout of it, since it isn't patentable and you didn't sign a non-disclosure agreement. The manufacturer can recover h
Let me calculate: 6 x 11 = 66' 64' vertical this means the TEN overlaps occupy only 2' ? 24/10 = 2.4 inches. I'd never put up a vertical with only 2.4" per overlap... disaster looking to happen. Now,
I built the 54 foot freestanding vertical at P40A out of 6061 aluminum. Some of the material I had laying around and some was purchase. Larger sizes of aluminum tubing are extruded and do not have pr
I have two of the DX Engineering 65-foot vertical kits...one on 80-meters and one tee-loaded for 160. They both have 1/4-wave radials...40 on 80 and 39 (at present) on 160. Both are mounted on 8-foot
There's a certain non-zero time involved in that finding out what diameters are available, figuring out what to get, etc. (unless you have a cookbook list from the ARRL handbook or an article that yo
K8RI, Most everything is free choice. What has the price of gas and Saginaw have to do with this discussion? Any we don't need to know that: "Vista Ultimate ate most of the programs on the computer a
I was particularly interested in the construction of the 66' DX Engineering vertical, not to use as an actual vertical antenna, but to mount in a tripod on my roof and then use it as a tall support f
For the quote and you will be charged for the time most likely..."I need enough 6 or 8' sections of Alunimum tube to build a 66' long pole. the sections need to easily telescope, but can be clamped
One whale of a lot. I'd have to add the price of driving over to pick up the material to the cost of the material if I wanted to compare it with the DX Engineering vertical or the tubing from Texas T