DX Engineering is your best bet for pieces 6 feet long. Any longer and it seems it has to go freight. Texas Towers has 10 or 12 foot long pieces. I hauled some of that stuff back a couple of years ago. For repair I have some tubing that I will let go for 40 cents a pound [scrap price] Use a caliper and tell me the diameter and I will see if I have it and how long you need it to be *PRIVATE REPLY ONLY *to [email protected] Michael Monsour AC0TX
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Roy Storey via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Nathan, > > Try www.*onlinemetals.com <http://onlinemetals.com>* > They have all kinds of tubing and will cut to length and ship. > Not in Houston but a possible source. > > Roy Storey W5TKZ -- 73 > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Nathan Vessey via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On a related note, does anyone know where in Houston can you buy sections >> of aluminum tubing for repairs? >> >> Nathan Vessey >> >> >> On Jun 7, 2016, at 8:07 AM, Rick Hiller via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Aluminum Oxide based sandpaper works too. I have use a bit of 3 in 1 oil >> with AL oxide sandpaper when cleaning element ends. Or just use the >> Ox-GARD or No-Ox conductive paste (found in the electrical department of HD >> or Loews), spread it thin and sand paper away both the OD of the goes-inta >> end and the ID of the goes-outta end. >> >> >> >> At each junction, once the tubing is fit and clamped, check with an ohm >> meter. You can buy AL Oxide in bulk if you wish to make your own batch of >> conductive grease. >> >> >> >> Maybe the resident chemist, KS5V, has a comment on the make-up of >> conductive grease…..Dan??? >> >> >> >> 73….RH >> >> >> >> *From:* BVARC [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Travis Burgess via BVARC >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 07, 2016 7:28 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Cc:* Travis Burgess <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [BVARC] Refurbishing Aluminum Antennas >> >> >> >> The following was copy/pasta from the GQRP Yahoo group today: >> >> Travis, K5HTB >> >> >> >> >> refurbing Ali antennas >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/GQRP/conversations/topics/54070;_ylc=X3oDMTJxbWUzdXQ2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzExNDg1NARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEbXNnSWQDNTQwNzAEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTQ2NTI4OTEzNw--> >> Tue Jun 7, 2016 12:32 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Dominic Baines" DomBaines >> <[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20refurbing%20Ali%20antennas> >> >> Over on CDXC I saw this post and thought this snippit of advise might be >> useful for those (like me) that service the Ali antenna bits from time >> to time and get rid of the creepy crawlies that setup home in the traps. >> It worked too, I used these plumbers strips used to clean up copper >> tubing before soldering. Apologies to those that already knew this. >> >> The author is Vic G4BYG, who is in my log a few times since 2012 (160m >> contest), I do not know if he is a GQRP member or not but he seems to >> love messing with antennas according to my notes. >> >> ".... strip of Emery Cloth dipped in petroleum jelly (Vaseline!!!) and >> then rub on both mating surfaces till you get a nice grey conductive >> paste. >> >> This is the method we used when joining (by clamps) Aluminium Bus Bars >> above telephone exchange racks. Stops oxidisation. >> >> Used this method for years on telescoping ally tubing with no problems. >> >> Its CHEAP and effective.:-) >> >> HINT !!! Most Copper Slip is NON conductive. >> >> Try dipping your multimeter probes into the gump and see just how Open >> Circuit it is. >> >> " >> >> 72 >> >> Dom >> M1KTA >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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