[TVARC] Aluminum sheet

[Jim Worthington]

I have used aluminum foil on a board successfully for this purpose many times. At those frequencies, the skin effect eliminates the need to have much thickness to get an effective ground plane.

73,
Jim AD4J

> On Aug 20, 2023, at 9:04 PM, tim <tfleonard at pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello all,
>  
> I am looking to buy a piece of aluminum sheet 1/8 inch thick, 12 x 36 inch in size to mount some vhf/uhf/shf verticals on in my attic.
> The stuff at Home Depot and Lowes is actually a laminate of plastic between two thin aluminum layers so that is a last resort.
>  
> Does anyone know of a place around here that sells sheet aluminum or even scrap aluminum?
>  
> Tim
> AA6DQ
>  
>  
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