[Amps] Sourcing Sheet Aluminum and Antenna tubing

[John Wilson]

John, you shouldn't have told me that, you'll be up against bigger 
antennas on 6m next year as they seem to have 1/2" 18 SWG at a good 
price and are within reasonable distance from me to collect.
73 John G3UUT

John Lemay wrote:
> Here in the UK, Aluminium Warehouse has very competitive prices and an
> excellent range of sections. You'll probably need to get together with a few
> club members to make it worthwhile paying for the delivery charge.
>
> Regards
>
> John G4ZTR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Dr. David Kirkby
> Sent: 15 September 2010 23:55
> To: 'AMPS'
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Sourcing Sheet Aluminum and Antenna tubing
>
> On 09/15/10 11:31 PM, John Wilson wrote:
>   
>> In the UK Smith's metals (www.smithmetal.com), although really a
>> wholesaler, will also supply relatively small quantities of Ally to
>> credit card buyers.  They do have 1/2 inch 18 SWG (Imperial) drawn
>> tubing (6082) but it's frightfully expensive when compared to 16 SWG
>> extruded.6082 (Think it was almost twice the price).  As my Yagi was
>> only a 6 ele and I come from Yorkshire I went for the 16 SWG however I
>> now pay the price every time the darn thing goes up up in a contest.
>>
>> So, does anybody know if this price difference is to do with the
>> supplier or is it to do with the manufacturing process?.
>>
>> John G3UUT
>>     
>
> If you go down with cash, you can often get offcuts from them too - at least
>
> that was the case. I've not been for over a decade
>
> Dave
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