Look here :
http://users.lmi.net/~ryoung/Sonerai...um_Sources.htm
Allan Butler wrote:
Hello Everyone:

I have tried all the local metal suppliers and several in the Chicago
area to get 6061-T6 aluminum tubing from in very specific sizes.

rckchp wrote:
Look here :
http://users.lmi.net/~ryoung/Sonerai...um_Sources.htm

Heck, MFJ is even carrying Hy-gain Aluminum Tubing now
in 6' telescoping sections.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

"Dave Piggin" bravely wrote to "All" (09 Oct 05 18:52:24)
--- on the heady topic of " Aluminum tubing?"

DP From: Dave Piggin
DP Xref: core-easynews rec.radio.amateur.antenna:218532

Also, why do we say tube rather than valve?

DP Because a tube allows a substance through it without restriction, a
DP valve is a device for controlling such.
DP Dave


Croutons de boeuf! They are all cathode ray tubes. Valve is from the
stupide French who couldn't translate tube properly and the Brits
then blindly adopted it.

A*s*i*m*o*v

.... Goose Pester Blondo Yip Lives!

Roger Conroy wrote:

[snip]

Why do you guys in the US always omit the "i" in aluminium ?


You mean the second "i"? Probably because we spell it correctly: Aluminum.
;~)


But you do it ONLY to Alumin(i)um. What about Lithium, Barium, Chromium,
Ruthenium, Titanium, Uranium, and so on......?

Hmmmm, does "so on" also include Lanthanum, Molybdenum, Platinum, and
Tantalum?

73,
Gene
W4SZ

Chaio !

I always use the terlit when I am at home
because at the malls they are not clean.

I also change the earl in my pickup truck.

"Gene Fuller" bravely wrote to "All" (12 Oct 05 13:39:25)
--- on the heady topic of " Aluminum tubing?"

GF From: Gene Fuller
GF Xref: core-easynews rec.radio.amateur.antenna:218617

GF Roger Conroy wrote:
[,,,]
But you do it ONLY to Alumin(i)um. What about Lithium, Barium, Chromium,
Ruthenium, Titanium, Uranium, and so on......?

GF Hmmmm, does "so on" also include Lanthanum, Molybdenum, Platinum, and
GF Tantalum?


What about wolfram, (aka tungsten)!?

A*s*i*m*o*v

.... One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor....

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:39:25 GMT, Gene Fuller
wrote:

Roger Conroy wrote:

[snip]

Why do you guys in the US always omit the "i" in aluminium ?


You mean the second "i"? Probably because we spell it correctly: Aluminum.
;~)


But you do it ONLY to Alumin(i)um. What about Lithium, Barium, Chromium,
Ruthenium, Titanium, Uranium, and so on......?

Hmmmm, does "so on" also include Lanthanum, Molybdenum, Platinum, and
Tantalum?

73,
Gene
W4SZ

Not to mention Adnauseam. "-)

"Gene Fuller" wrote in message
...
Roger Conroy wrote:

[snip]

Why do you guys in the US always omit the "i" in aluminium ?


You mean the second "i"? Probably because we spell it correctly:
Aluminum.
;~)


But you do it ONLY to Alumin(i)um. What about Lithium, Barium, Chromium,
Ruthenium, Titanium, Uranium, and so on......?

Hmmmm, does "so on" also include Lanthanum, Molybdenum, Platinum, and
Tantalum?

73,
Gene
W4SZ

We're in complete agreement about those too.
We have 2 "groups" of metals that differ in having "um" or "ium" endings. It
is only Alumin(i)um that "switches groups" in crossing the Atlantic. When,
how and why did it happen?

The other one that is a consistent transatlantic difference is the group of
words that include colo(u)r, odo(u)r, favo(u)r, hono(u)r...... I can't think
of any "equivalent" anomalies there. ISTR hearing a radio show on language
that mentioned that there is at least one variety of North American English
that has kept the "u" - but I just can't remember who/where that is.

73
Roger ZR3RC

"Roger Conroy" bravely wrote to "All" (13 Oct 05 14:58:53)
--- on the heady topic of " Aluminum tubing?"

RC From: "Roger Conroy"
RC Xref: core-easynews rec.radio.amateur.antenna:218675

RC . ISTR hearing a radio
RC show on language that mentioned that there is at least one variety of
RC North American English that has kept the "u" - but I just can't
RC remember who/where that is.
RC 73
RC Roger ZR3RC

Canadian English.

A*s*i*m*o*v

.... Department of the Interior, in charge of everything outdoors..

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:58:53 +0200, "Roger Conroy"
wrote:


"Gene Fuller" wrote in message
...
Roger Conroy wrote:

[snip]

Why do you guys in the US always omit the "i" in aluminium ?


You mean the second "i"? Probably because we spell it correctly:
Aluminum.
;~)


But you do it ONLY to Alumin(i)um. What about Lithium, Barium, Chromium,
Ruthenium, Titanium, Uranium, and so on......?

Hmmmm, does "so on" also include Lanthanum, Molybdenum, Platinum, and
Tantalum?

73,
Gene
W4SZ

We're in complete agreement about those too.
We have 2 "groups" of metals that differ in having "um" or "ium" endings. It
is only Alumin(i)um that "switches groups" in crossing the Atlantic. When,
how and why did it happen?

The other one that is a consistent transatlantic difference is the group of
words that include colo(u)r, odo(u)r, favo(u)r, hono(u)r...... I can't think
of any "equivalent" anomalies there. ISTR hearing a radio show on language
that mentioned that there is at least one variety of North American English
that has kept the "u" - but I just can't remember who/where that is.

73
Roger ZR3RC



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