hello John
ok thanks for the information. I will be buying this one
Just I am looking for the way to cut the 6 ft long tube in 3 pieces of 2 ft
each for shipping to CX, DXE couldnt do that, so I am waiting for my
forwarder´s answer to see if they can do it
73,
Jorge
El lun., 18 nov. 2019 a las 14:50, john@kk9a.com (<john@kk9a.com>) escribió:
> DX Engineering sells 6063 with a harder heat treat (T8). I am not a
> metallurgist but I believe that 6063-T8 is similar in strength to 6061-T6.
> If you have a good element taper design this should work well.
>
> John KK9A
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy 7 edge, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:33 PM Jorge Diez - CX6VM <cx6vm.jorge@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> thanks John
>>
>> DXE have it on 6063 material a reasonable price
>>
>> 73,
>> Jorge
>>
>> El lun., 18 nov. 2019 a las 11:17, <john@kk9a.com> escribió:
>>
>>> If it is just the tip, .058 wall that is commonly available on the ham
>>> sites is better. I use Ø1/2 x .058 wall 6061-T6 tips on my homebrew
>>> 20m beams with no issues and no dampening rope. I used the same
>>> element design at my Aruba QTH which is constantly windy and I had no
>>> breakage or vibration problems there either. If tips are breaking
>>> perhaps there is something wrong with the rest of the element taper
>>> design.
>>>
>>> John KK9A
>>>
>>>
>>> Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
>>>
>>> hello
>>>
>>> third time I have my M2inc 15 mts yagi tips broken, now on driven element
>>>
>>> 2 years ago, M2inc asked me $28 for a 1/2´´ x .049 x 31´´ long tube, very
>>> expensive, but since i also needed the 3/4 x 60´´ SOE section, i needed
>>> to
>>> but at M2inc
>>>
>>> Just for the tip, I think I can buy any 1/2´´ aluminium tube, right?
>>> Since
>>> i am not good at US dimensions, just need to be sure that this will work
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>>
>>> --
>>> 73,
>>> Jorge
>>> CX6VM/CW5W
>>>
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>> Jorge
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>>
>
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Jorge
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