RadioBanter - View Single Post - So, where does one get aluminum tubes for antenna construction?

October 18th 04, 04:19 AM

wrote:

Dave, buy fishing rod material
and cover with aluminum foil
Art

I've tried the Al foil thing, and it is too fragile IMO. The foil fails
at the connection points, and the acidic nature of modern rain tends to
wreck it otherwise. What I made was destroyed in a couple months. The
white gunk that forms on regular tubing over time, and pits it, goes the
whole way through Al foil, which I think has only one side! ;^)

On this subject, has anyone tried that aluminum tape? That stuff is a
bit thicker, and the wider stuff might have nice BW qualities, as well
as be pretty stealthy.

- Mike KB3EIA -