Isn’t a lot of this talk a bit of picking the pepper?
If joint conductivity of aluminum elements was a serious issue, wouldn’t we
have heard something about it in the, what, 60 years we’ve been using aluminum
tubing for antenna elements?
73, kelly, ve4xt
> On Mar 9, 2016, at 6:36 PM, George Dubovsky <n4ua.va@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you weld the aluminum tubing, you destroy the heat treatment in the Heat
> Affected Zone, resulting in a much weaker element.
>
> 73,
>
> geo - n4ua
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Tom_N2SR via TowerTalk <
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>> If you weld the tubing together, what is the wind rating then? Kind of
>> difficult to get apart, but very little risk of losing electrical contact,
>> rivets failing, rusted screws, etc.
>>
>> Someone should try it and report their results.
>>
>> Tom, N2SR
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