[TowerTalk] Fastening sections of 3" boom material

[Bill Turner]

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On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:57:31 -0500 (EST), <donovanf at starpower.net>
 wrote:

>Bill,
>
>I used two pieces of 3 inch o.d. by 0.125 inch wall aluminum tubing in all of my 48 foot boom Yagis.  Its an excellent choice.
>
>Like you, I've never found a standars product to splice the booms.  I purchased steel tubing from Dillsburg Aeroplane Works, cut it into two foot lengths, and used a lathe to reduce the diameter to about 2.65 o.d. and had it galvanized.
>I'm sure you could also use aluminum tubing for the same purpose.
>
>Perhaps there's a better way, but I'm unaware of it.
>
>73!
>Frank
>W3LPL

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Thanks, Frank. That sounds like a very good way to go, probably what
I'll end up doing. 

Sitting here drooling just thinking about a 48 foot yagi. :-)

73, Bill W6WRT