[450] new antenna project

[John Foege]

Hi Bob,

Feel free to nab the square stock that I used on my 2M Beam Project
(although it will be sad to never see how that thing would have performed).

John

On 21.05.2011 16:53, Bob wrote:
> I may try that, but even the 1.25" sagged under heavy snow, so I'll
> probably opt for a piece in the trusted size from "Online Metals" if I
> don't find a spare piece from someone 'round here.
> I'll have to make a Lowe's/Depot visit anyway though, as I need to see
> how small in diameter they go with the 3' (or is it 4'?) stainless
> threaded rods.  I'm thinking even the smallest will do, as they will
> just be hanging vertically.
> 
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>     Lowes has 1" square stock in 8' sections
> 
>     On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Bob <n1ujs at toast.net
>     <mailto:n1ujs at toast.net>> wrote:
> 
>         Anyone got a spare piece of 1.25" square stock about 6' long?
>          
>         Going to whip up a 2 element 10/11 meter horizontal beam that
>         will fit in the spot under the 6 meter horizontal....I figure I
>         can do it with roughly 12' elements using 3' threaded rods
>         hanging from all ends to make up the length.  Since the bulk of
>         the radiation is from the center of the dipoles, the short
>         vertical sections shouldn't reduce efficiency too much....and
>         this willl allow me to rotate the thing within my radius limits. 
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