[VHFcontesting] Side by side rx comparison

[Mike (KA5CVH) Urich]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Patrick Thomas
<p-thomas at mindspring.com> wrote:

> PS: Also looking for tips on heating copper tubing to homebrew halo antennas... the big gas torch is way too big, even the 250w soldering gun seems too small... maybe I need a small torch?  Or break out the oxy-acetylene wand? :)

Mike wrote

I've had good luck with the hand held propane torches for small copper
projects.  Making sure the copper has been cleaned well helps aid in
heat transfer.


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