[Elecraft] Copper Sheetin g Suppliers?

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

I've not used them myself, but Grainger is usually recommended for
stuff like that...

http://www.grainger.com/category/copper-blanks-flats-bars-plates-and-sheet-stock/copper/raw-materials/ecatalog/N-c0w?bc=y

73,

    ~iain / N6ML



On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Brian F. Wruble <bwruble at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I am recovering from a lightning event at W3BW on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
>  I have lost 3 PolyPhaser 1S-RCT.  These units have become hard to find and
> incredibly more expenseive than in 1999 when my tower went up.  I have
> decided to try using an Array Solutions ASD-16SP which protects 16 lines.
>
> All of that is a lead-in to my question.  The mounting approach for the
> AS-16SP is different from that for the PolyPhasers.  i need to find some
> thick copper sheet that I can bend to fabricate the mounting I need.
>
> Can anyone recommend a supplier for copper sheet --- maybe 1/8" to 3/16"
> thick --- and available in sizes of about 1ft. by 4" or bigger?
>
> Thanks.  BTW, The PolyPhasers protected all my remote relay lines --- those
> relays are cheap and in the base of the tower.  I did not get the same
> protection for the rotor lines --- lost my Orion rotor --- expensive and at
> the top of the tower.  Oh well....
>
> 73 de Brian W3BW
>
>
> *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A.
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