Somebody correct me if I am mistaken, but the Titanex antennas
are mainly a collection of pieces of tubing. It would be easy
to reverse engineer the dimensions. I see that Titanium tubing
is available here:
http://www.titaniumsports.com/TITANIUM%20TUBING%20PRICE%20LIST.pdf
Yes, of course, it is expensive.
Does anyone know the alloy that Titanex uses?
Apparently, high end bicycles are built with 3% aluminum 2.5% vanadium
alloy. The tubes I mentioned above have 120 ksi ultimate tensile
strength. OTOH, 7075 aluminum is 83 ksi and even 6061-T6 is 45 ksi.
Considering that titanium is 50% heavier than aluminum, I don't
see where the strength to weight ratio is better for titanium vs 7075.
It would be a win against 6061-T6.
Comments?
Rick N6RK
Joe Wilkowski wrote:
> Folks, this past winter my V160S was destroyed by the winds in Colorado. I
> have been trying in vain to replace this antenna with a Titanex V160HD and
> nothing has worked. The manufacturer, Titanex, was extremely slow in
> responding to repeated requests about the availability and shipping to the
> US. Finally they got back to me and said that they were having "trouble"
> with their export license and could not export to the US. I then tried to go
> through another vendor in Europe who indicated that IF they could get the
> product from Titanex they could export. Investigating further I found out
> that it could not be sent via a container in an Ocean going vessel without
> special handling. Lastly, the cost to have it flown to the US was virtually
> the same or more than the cost of the antenna in the first place.
>
> I am now wondering how in the world all the US hams who own a Titanex V160 HD
> ever got the thing in the first place.
>
> Is there anyone out there that owns a V160HD and wants to part with it ? I
> really do want to put up the same antenna or even another V160S. Or is there
> a special secret to getting these things over here from Europe ?
>
> I must say this has been a frustrating experience at the very least.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe K8FC
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