Forgot this list won't pass images so here's the antenna
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Joe WB9SBD
On 1/3/2026 9:03 PM, Joe wrote:
Self supporting full sized elevated 40 meter vertical. tip starts as a
1/8" solid rod,
Joe WB9SBD
On 1/3/2026 8:04 PM, Stan Stockton wrote:
Is the need for 1/4” tubing for 40 meter verticals?
I cannot imagine making a 40m vertical or any other HF vertical or
half wavelength element that would have anything smaller than 3/8”
tubing at the tip.
Stan, K5GO
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On Jan 3, 2026, at 8:02 PM, Joe<nss@mwt.net> wrote:
I wasn't worried about stiffness.
It is the telescoping to the 1/8" rod. the 0.049, it was pretty
tough to get a good grip to lock the rod in place too much slop.
Joe WB9SBD
On 1/2/2026 11:54 PM, K9MA wrote:
On 1/2/2026 7:30 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
That's where I have been buying aluminum tubing. They don't have
0.058"
wall thickness in 1/4" diameter tubing, but the closest they have
for that
diameter is 0.049", which I suspect will work.
You don't get a whole lot of extra stiffness by going from a .049
to .058 inch wall thickness in tubing this small.
73,
Scott K9MA
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