[TowerTalk] junk search--but special junk

[David Robbins]

yes, but what alloy are they?  i acquired some very nice aluminum
tubing from a local place up here some years ago, but it has never been 
used for anything bigger than a 2m fox hunt beam because they could not
tell me what the alloy was.

James D. Bruce wrote:
> 
> First of all, I'm not affiliated with Lowes or any other store.
> While looking around the Lowes hardware store for household items and just
> window shopping, I found that they have a limited supply of aluminum tubing
> in 8foot sections. The sizes I saw were 3/8" rod, 3/4" tube, 7/8" tube and
> 1" tube. They appear to be the same wall as what is used on my beams &
> verticals and telescope together for a nice fit. They also have the plastic
> end caps. this may be another source for HB antenna projects.
> Jim/NV3V
> 
> Jim Bruce
> President/ Owner
> Bruce Communications, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. B. Cebik <cebik@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>
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> Date: Sunday, April 19, 1998 06:49
> Subject: [TowerTalk] junk search--but special junk
> 
> >A while back, I requested help on searching out some junked ground plane
> >rod assemblies.  Thanks to Henry Pollock, K4TMC, I now know the specific
> >item I used and could use more of.  They are the two piece ground plane
> >rod assemblies that went with the Antenna Specialist/Decibel Products CB
> >ground plane antenna (ASPA2010).  Henry sent me a set, but I could use a
> >few more for experiments.  They consist of a 5/16 rod and a 3/16, with a
> >coupling that might take a little liquid wrench and gentle force to
> >separate if they have been together very long.
> >
> >AS wants to sell entire antennas, not the pieces. At $169 for the antenna,
> >this is not a practical way to go.  Hence, I need an alternate source, if
> >that is possible.
> >
> >a.  If anyone knows how to get replacement assemblies inexpensively, the
> >info would be of great help.  Insider assitance accepted with gratitutde.
> >
> >b.  If anyone has the ground rod parts from a now defunct version of the
> >antenna in question in storage, I would be glad to pay shipping plus some
> >fair small fee for them.  They can be separated and them wrapped for UPS
> >shipment.
> >
> >To add a sense of mystery to this, they are for my "beam-in-a-boom"
> >design project, which otherwise shows good promise for 10-meter
> >hilltopping from trunk to signal in under 10 minutes.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >-73-
> >
> >LB, W4RNL
> >
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