[TowerTalk] aluminium tubing source

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

The DXE verticals are great!  The winch is invaluable and works great!  
Makes raising and lowering a breeze.  The antenna is stout.  I have the 
full sized which starts at 3 inch and ends up at 7/16?  Mostly 6 ft 
sections some 3ft.  Great bandwidth and it gets out to DX much much 
better than my Inverted v @ 70 ft.

W0MU


On 12/2/2016 11:16 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
> hello Charlie and Grant
>
> thanks very much for the advice
>
> Yes, 80 mts verticals at DXE, for 399.95 or 899.95 are very nice antennas
> but expensive if you are considering more than 1 antenna :-(
>
> 73,
> Jorge
>
> 2016-12-02 14:51 GMT-03:00 Grant Saviers <grants2 at pacbell.net>:
>
>> DX Engineering stocks telescoping tubing in many sizes at very good
>> prices, but mostly limited to 3' and  6' lengths.  I've been considering
>> their 80m vertical kits.  It's pretty hard to beat their prices with DIY
>> sourced aluminum.  Then there is some engineering needed for DIY designs.
>>
>> On Line Metals  onlinemetals.com is stocking some telescoping wall
>> thicknesses (0.058" but nothing so far in 0.120") and I have found full
>> lengths are available on order, which DXE couldn't supply. Lucky here, it's
>> a short drive to the Seattle service center, but I see they are also in
>> Atlanta and other US cities.
>>
>> Grant KZ1W
>>
>>
>> On 12/2/2016 3:00 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> do you know who sell aluminium tubing, telescoping sections, to build a
>>> large vertical antenna?
>>>
>>> If near Miami, FL will be better
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>>
>>>
>