[TowerTalk] JK Navassa antenna

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:56:38 -0400
From: <john at kk9a.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] JK Navassa antenna

I do not believe that any OptiBeam antennas are stocked in the US, but many
models are in stock at the factory in Germany.  They are shipped by air
cargo so the wait time is minimal.

John KK9A

##  when ordered from array solutions in the  usa, they are drop shipped from germany.
Dunno abt shipping air cargo to the usa, but air cargo  from germnay to west coast of 
canada will make you more than gag.   Cost prohibitive imo.  Optibeam makes good stuff,
but try finding metric tubing the usa + canada... have fun.   Standard sae sizes in al tubing
I can find anywhere, metric, forget it.  At least with sae sizes, in .058 wall, everything  
telecopes, no swaging required.   If u use the new style boom material,  6061-T8, available
at dx engineering and others, in .120 wall, it too all telescopes nicely, no need to  turn it
down in a lathe, which is what is required if .125 wall is used. 

##  Those  stauff clamps are available everywhere.   They are a US invention. 

Jim  VE7RF