At 04:47 PM 7/19/2004, Steve London wrote:
>....
>I was a little surprised at that response. I have done this before, and
>have not been particularly happy with the results. It seems that all the
>antenna manufactures actually remove ~0.1" of aluminum from the slot, so
>that the hose clamp cinches down better. W6NL also talks about this in
>Section 4.5 of his book, and even has a formula for the minimum slit width.
this may be a little overkill, but this is a way of getting a slot in a larger
diameter:
http://www.jcrocket.com/finslots.shtml
this method is for cutting slots in tubes for rocket fins. Hope it helps a
little.
- jeff wk6i
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Jeff Stai jds@twistedoak.com
Twisted Oak Winery http://www.twistedoak.com/
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