[TowerTalk] M2inc 15M6DX tips

[Tim Duffy]

Sorry I missed you John

The next time you stop in - please ask the DXE sales guy to find me - I always love to say hello

VY 73
Tim K3LR

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of john at kk9a.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 12:17 PM
To: Tim Duffy
Cc: Tower Talk; Jorge Diez - CX6VM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] M2inc 15M6DX tips

Great customer service Tim  I stopped by DX Engineering last month, while
driving to Chicago to visit family and I picked up a 4el 40m OptiBeam.
Paul Sergi has quite a business, it's huge!

I am concerned that 24" of 1/2 tubing sections will be too short for
element tips.

73,
John  KK9A/4 - W4AAA

Sent via the Samsung Galaxy 7 edge, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone.


On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 11:27 AM Tim Duffy <k3lr at k3lr.com> wrote:

> Hello Jorge
>
> DXE is very able to do this for you - no problem.
>
> Please contact me directly to follow up and we will make the cuts
>
> 73
> Tim K3LR
> DX Engineering
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Jorge Diez - CX6VM
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 8:19 AM
> To: john at kk9a.com; Tower Talk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] M2inc 15M6DX tips
>
> hello John
>
> ok thanks for the information. I will be buying this one
>
> Just I am looking for the way to cut the 6 ft long tube in 3 pieces of 2 ft
> each for shipping to CX, DXE couldnt do that, so I am waiting for my
> forwarder´s answer to see if they can do it
>
> 73,
> Jorge
>
>
> El lun., 18 nov. 2019 a las 14:50, john at kk9a.com (<john at kk9a.com>)
> escribió:
>
> > DX Engineering sells 6063 with a harder heat treat (T8).  I am not a
> > metallurgist but I believe that 6063-T8 is similar in strength to
> 6061-T6.
> > If you have a good element taper design this should work well.
> >
> > John KK9A
> >
> > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy 7 edge, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:33 PM Jorge Diez - CX6VM <
> cx6vm.jorge at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> thanks John
> >>
> >> DXE have it on 6063 material a reasonable price
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Jorge
> >>
> >> El lun., 18 nov. 2019 a las 11:17, <john at kk9a.com> escribió:
> >>
> >>> If it is just the tip, .058 wall that is commonly available on the ham
> >>> sites is better.  I use Ø1/2 x .058 wall 6061-T6 tips on my homebrew
> >>> 20m beams with no issues and no dampening rope. I used the same
> >>> element design at my Aruba QTH which is constantly windy and I had no
> >>> breakage or vibration problems there either.  If tips are breaking
> >>> perhaps there is something wrong with the rest of the element taper
> >>> design.
> >>>
> >>> John KK9A
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
> >>>
> >>> hello
> >>>
> >>> third time I have my M2inc 15 mts yagi tips broken, now on driven
> element
> >>>
> >>> 2 years ago, M2inc asked me $28 for a 1/2´´ x .049 x 31´´ long tube,
> very
> >>> expensive, but since i also needed the 3/4 x 60´´ SOE section, i needed
> >>> to
> >>> but at M2inc
> >>>
> >>> Just for the tip, I think I can buy any 1/2´´ aluminium tube, right?
> >>> Since
> >>> i am not good at US dimensions, just need to be sure that this will
> work
> >>>
> >>> thanks!
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> 73,
> >>> Jorge
> >>> CX6VM/CW5W
> >>>
> >>>
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> >> --
> >> 73,
> >> Jorge
> >> CX6VM/CW5W
> >>
> >
>
> --
> 73,
> Jorge
> CX6VM/CW5W
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