Buying New Aluminum Tubeing For Vertial Antenna

[curlyjo]

Hi. I Recently restored a CTE LW 150 Antenna. ( Avanti Sigma 4 Clone.) It works great with a 1:1 match across the 11 Meter Band. I bought the top hat for the Sirio Vector 4000 and put that on the top. However the top three sections of tubing is bent because they had been been damaged and shorten. Now the top is slightly bent at the top because I had to stretched out the section to get the proper length. Its kind of a eye sore now. I am thinking of buying replacement tubing but, I do not know how to get the proper diameters. I do not know if my antenna is metric or SAE. I have been checking out DX Engineering's sight but, I am not exactly sure what to order. Anyone know exactly how to play this out? Thanks for L@@king !

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

i've got tubing a few times from DXengineering and they are very fast for shipping and the tubing arrived nicely protected/packaged and in perfect condition .

use a measuring tape with 1/16 or smaller markings and measure across the end of the tubing holding any inch mark on the edge and across the widest point on the tube end . another option is to get a SAE micro-meter . you can also use a tailors tape and measure around the outside circumference and divide that number by 3.14 (pi) for the diameter .

 

[curlyjo]

Thanks for a fast reply. I have read several of your Threads.