[SECC] [SEDXC] Stainless Steel Hardware for the CL-33M Yagi

[Christian KJ4VPK]

Generally speaking, stainless hardware on aluminum will corrode. Makes really pretty aluminum blossoms.  You may not want to do that...

73,
Christian
KJ4VPK

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Arland
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:31 PM
To: SECC; South East DX Club; North Georgia QRP Group
Subject: Re: [SEDXC] Stainless Steel Hardware for the CL-33M Yagi


OK, gang!! Thanks for the replies. I am going to get the blocks from Mosley and the rest of the stuff locally either from McMaster or Fastenall. Thanks again. 
73 
Rich Arland, K7SZ
Bent Dipole Ranch, Dacula, GA
"Cogito Ergo CQ" ("I think therefore I HAM")
Author: "The ARRL's Low Power Communications, the Art and Science of QRP" (all 3 editions)
Editor: "QRP POWER", QST Magazine (Jan 2000 to Dec 2003)
Editor: "The Learning Curve", CQ Magazine
Editor: "The Beginner's Column", CQ-VHF Magazine





From: k7sz at live.com
To: secc at contesting.com; sedxc at contesting.com; nogaqrp at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Stainless Steel Hardware for the CL-33M Yagi
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:56:48 -0400








Sticker shock just hit me!! Called Mosley and they want $190 for a complete set of hardware for this antenna. Of course it is all stainless. I went to Lowes and their 2" 5/16 SS U-bolts are almost $7/ea. I need NINE!!! Besides I need some aluminum blocks that mount to the elements/boom plus the boom-to-mast bracket. I figured that I could fabricate the boom-to-mast bracket myself out of aluminum stock. 

Does anyone have a source of SS hardware that won't break the bank?? All I really need are the U-bolts, nuts & lockwashers, plus some screws and bolts. I think I can get the aluminum blocks from Mosley. If I had an idea of what they looked like I could possibly fabricate them myself, but the pix in the beam manual are really bad....they are line drawings and it is hard to discern exactly what they look like and how big they are. 

Ideas??
73 
Rich Arland, K7SZ
Bent Dipole Ranch, Dacula, GA
"Cogito Ergo CQ" ("I think therefore I HAM")
Author: "The ARRL's Low Power Communications, the Art and Science of QRP" (all 3 editions)
Editor: "QRP POWER", QST Magazine (Jan 2000 to Dec 2003)
Editor: "The Learning Curve", CQ Magazine
Editor: "The Beginner's Column", CQ-VHF Magazine



 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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