[TowerTalk] [Bulk] refurbing a Cushcraft 40-2CD

[TexasRF at aol.com]

My favorite antenna tubing source is Texas Towers. .058" wall tubing  from 
.375" through 2.125" OD is available in 6' lengths for UPS shipping or 12'  
lengths for truck freight. Truck shipping is obscenely expensive for small  
quantities.
 
I also use Online Metals for custom lengths and their vast selection of  
materials and shapes. 
 
73,
Gerald K5GW
GM Texas Towers
 
 
In a message dated 8/16/2015 4:08:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
grants2 at pacbell.net writes:

DX  Engineering sells 0.058" wall tube up to 1.5" od. Onlinemetals.com is 
now  carrying 0.058" wall to 2" and sells in 1' increments to 8' (as well 
as  many other od/id combinations).  I think with these sources you can  
find what is needed to replace and sleeve where needed.

I  internally sleeved the boom ends and replaced and sleeved element 
clamp  areas on my CC A4S.   Field Day assemblers have been too  
enthusiastic in tightening things.

Grant KZ1W

On 8/16/2015  11:12 AM, Tom_N2SR via TowerTalk wrote:
> I am planning to refurbish an  older Cushcraft 40-2CD that I purchased 
used many years ago with the intention  of installing it on my tower.   Since 
I have a F12 240N up now, I  have no reason to keep so, so I plan to refurb 
it and sell it.
>
>  As is typical of them, the driven element end of the boom is  crushed.   
Since Cushcraft/MFJ does not actually make this version  anymore, how do I 
get parts for it?  I have looked and compared the  40-2CD manual and the 
XM-240 manual side by side, and the end boom sections  are different diameters. 
  Would buying the XM-240 end boom section  and the 12" long coupler work?
>
> Is there another source of the  boom material outside of Cushcraft?
>
> Thanks for any  input.
> Tom, N2SR
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