A bit late replying, way behind on emails. OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware) was carrying a lot of heavy aluminum tubing, rods and more. I bought all of the aluminum for my J Poles from them. I don't know if they have stores in the bay area or not. I wonder, the Ringo Ranger, if it would do better if one used Noalox on the joints? Based on a version of the Ringo I had years ago, there are a few details I don't like about them anyway. Cush Craft makes a fair but cheap type antenna. But I have heard from others in the past that antennas like the Ringos are not good for repeater use. Add to that about not using coax like LMR400 and similar for fiull duplex, could make for a maybe very noisey combination?
Anyway, there are a number of possible places to get aluminum, but one does need to consider shipping costs. Someone suggested Ace Hardware, but I have not seen much aluminum stuff in the ones I have shopped in. YMMV Wayne WA2YNE Imperial, Tejas On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:54:43 -0500, Dave Gomberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The shipping on a 20 foot long piece will be awful. You need a > local source. In the Bay Area, there is a non-ferrous metal store > at Davis and Doolittle in San Leandro. I got a piece of heavy wall > 2.25" Al there. Wasn't cheap, but wasn't too bad either ($75?). > > At 15:11 6/24/2008, n9wys wrote: >> Doesn't Texas Towers and other such vendors sell heavy-duty aluminum >> mast >> tubing? Why not try there? >> >> Mark - N9WYS >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] On Behalf Of n3dab >> >> For anyone looking for a DB mast to mount their dipoles and harness >> on, check out all you commercial radio shops for damaged or pulled DB >> antennas. Don't worry about what band they are on - all you wan't is >> the mast anyway. DB's are sleeved internally at the center joint >> with exposed ends of the upper and lower mast sections being cut at a >> 45 degree angle. The sleeve is secured in the top mast section and >> slides into the bottom section about a foot. the top and bottom are >> secured together with 2 SS hose clamps. The base is also sleeved >> internally for clamp reinforcement. >> >> Another source would be a metal fabricator or aluminum supplier and >> purchase a 20' section of 1 3/4" 0r 2" heavywall aluminum tube and >> mount your dipoles on it. Wall thickness should be 1/8" thick minimum >> top to bottom. If you can also pick up a 24" long section of tube to >> slip up into the bottom to reinforce the clamping area all the better. >> >> Doug N3DAB >> -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
