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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/FLU7ZFV3QRINOLY3CB34U62UO5VXSXEB/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "FLU7ZFV3QRINOLY3CB34U62UO5VXSXEB", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/FLU7ZFV3QRINOLY3CB34U62UO5VXSXEB/", "sender": { "address": "zleffke (a) vt.edu", "mailman_id": "57a24afb1cf641f98121841e6753c12e", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/57a24afb1cf641f98121841e6753c12e/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Zach Leffke", "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Source for 3\" (76mm) pipe for dish mount?", "date": "2016-05-09T23:32:50Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "oops....meant to send this to the list...\n\n-Zach, KJ4QLP\n\nResearch Associate\nTed & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology\nVirginia Polytechnic Institute & State University\nWork Phone: 540-231-4174\nCell Phone: 540-808-6305\n\nOn 5/9/2016 7:08 PM, Zach Leffke wrote:\n>\n> I second the EMT conduit option as well, that's actually what I use \n> for my offset reflector setups, and they were perfect diameter for the \n> dish mount brackets (I think just around 3 inches, maybe 4, If I \n> recall properly). I made a couple H-frames with them and an old wire \n> feed mig welder.\n>\n> EMT conduit was throw away from the metal dumpster I mentioned earlier \n> (building upgrades on campus, woot!), and the dishes + mounting \n> brackets were throw away from a satellite installer in Roanoke Va that \n> was moving warehouses and opened up shop to local hams to 'get rid of \n> his junk' for him. The XYL was not happy that day when she got home \n> and I had about 30 dishes from 0.75m to 1.2m leaning up against the \n> fence getting hosed off (Some of the dishes stayed with me, some found \n> homes with other blacksburg hams, and the rest went to the VTGS and \n> will be used for student projects later).\n>\n> -Zach, KJ4QLP\n>\n> Research Associate\n> Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology\n> Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University\n> Work Phone: 540-231-4174\n> Cell Phone: 540-808-6305\n> On 5/9/2016 6:59 PM, Ted wrote:\n>> EMT electrical conduit/pipe...Home Depot has all sizes.\n>>\n>> 73, K7TRK\n>>\n>> -----Original Message-----\n>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew\n>> Glasbrenner\n>> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 1:33 PM\n>> To: 'Scott';[email protected]\n>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Source for 3\" (76mm) pipe for dish mount?\n>>\n>> Well casing?\n>>\n>> 73, Drew KO4MA\n>>\n>> -----Original Message-----\n>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott\n>> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 4:28 PM\n>> To:[email protected]\n>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Source for 3\" (76mm) pipe for dish mount?\n>>\n>> Greetings!\n>>\n>> I was fortunate enough to given a 100cm dish to play with but the mounting\n>> bracket requires a 3\" (76mm) pipe. I need about a 1 meter length.\n>>\n>> The dish is a bit too heavy for me to use commonly available PVC pipe... I\n>> have to wonder if there is an industry that I should be looking at to find\n>> metal pipe of that diameter. Metal pipe is somewhat rare in the plumbing\n>> world these days - I wonder if others have had luck with suppliers of fence\n>> posts, signs, or some other industry.\n>>\n>> Of course, if there is a place to buy pipes intended for dish installations,\n>> all the better.\n>>\n>> I'm just looking for something that I don't have to take out a bank loan to\n>> purchase. Free is ok, too!\n>>\n>> Appreciate any suggestions - I'm located in the U.S.\n>>\n>> ---73!\n>>\n>> -Scott, K4KDR\n>> Montpelier, VA USA\n>>\n>> _______________________________________________\n>> Sent [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all\n>> interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\n>> expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official\n>> views of AMSAT-NA.\n>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n>> Subscription settings:http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>\n>> _______________________________________________\n>> Sent [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all\n>> interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\n>> expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official\n>> views of AMSAT-NA.\n>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n>> Subscription settings:http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>\n>> _______________________________________________\n>> Sent [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed\n>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.\n>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n>> Subscription settings:http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n\n", "attachments": [] }