[HoustonHam] Any ham plumbers in Houston area?

[Chris Boone]

I would think a compression union would work better; flaring the tube itself
may weaken it..

> -----Original Message-----
> From: houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:houstonham-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Vaclav
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 2:46 PM
> To: houstonham at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [HoustonHam] Any ham plumbers in Houston area?
> 
> I am looking for help with my transmitting loop antenna.
> I would like to use flaring tool to increase OD of 1/2 copper flexible
tube to
> 5/8 inch so it will fit snugly into standard rigid 1/2 tube openinng of
1/2 3/4
> 3/4 tee.
> I am tryning not to use tape or another ( brass) tube to fill the large
gap for
> electrical and mechanical resons.
> Thanks for reading
> 
> 73 Vaclav AA7EJ
>