[TowerTalk] aluminum tubing

[Scott Hotchkiss]

Wes,
You can   *** GET ***   a 204BA ???
You must have a real good friend at
Hy-Gain / MFJ.
Please help me get MY order, OK?
Placed the 1st week of November 1999.
Scott R. Hotchkiss
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

"We must make the run successful from the cradle to the grave."    Johnny
Cash

----- Original Message -----
From: <n7ws@azstarnet.com>
To: "John D. Farr" <johnfarr@ro.com>; "Steve" <ve3tu@rac.ca>;
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 1:08 AM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] aluminum tubing


>
> At 08:38 PM 9/20/00 -0500, John D. Farr wrote:
> >
> >Steve: Check out http://www.onlinemetals.com/ . They have tubing in small
> >quantities. I don't know how their prices compare per pound to what you
have
> >already found.
> >John
> >KC4ZXX
> >
>
>
> They sure aren't cheaper than Texas Towers.
>
> Example:
>
> 1" OD, 0.058" wall  6061-T6  $3.53/foot at onlinemetals
>
> 1" OD, 0.058" wall  6063-T832  $1.10/foot at Texas Towers
>
> "Physical Design of Yagi Antennas"  says that both alloys are of
> comparable yield strength ~ 35,000 lb/in^2.
>
> Unfortunately, even Texas Towers is too rich for my blood.  I was hoping
to
> HB a 4 or 5 element 20 meter beam.  I already have a suitable boom but
just
> pricing out the element material I come up with over $300 plus whatever it
> would cost to ship by truck.  When a 204BA goes for under $500, it's hard
> to justify building my own.  sigh..
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
>
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