Most aluminum houses or tubing supply houses can help you. Texas Tower also
sells telescoping aluminum tubing.
You want .058 wall tubing in 1/8" increments... 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8, 1, 1
1/8, etc. They normally come in 12' lengths. Another suggestion is to get a
little thinner wall for your outside elements. In other words, if your last
(outside) element is 1/2" and you are NOT going to telescope anything in it,
you can get .049 wall and save some money and weight. If wind is a problem
where you live, then I would stick to the thicker wall!
I personally like 6061-T6. There has been a movement to 6063-T853. This
aluminum is beautiful which is why it is classified as "furniture grade". It
is not allowed in aircraft production. I'm not sure why there is a move to the
6063, but my guess is price.
Dino - K6RIX
-----Original Message-----
From: Greenacres113@aol.com
Sent: Jul 3, 2005 10:30 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] ant alum
several of us in nw tn are looking for ant. alum. the t6 type if possible.
any sources will help.
we are looking for 3-10' peices we can telescope. do the commercial houses
like Grainger,etc carry it? i know one or two ham sites carry it but if we
could find a source in Memphis, St. Louis or Nashville it might be better to
go
pick it up.
thanks
k9il
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