[CQ-Contest] 1/4 inch tubing

[Joe]

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
>