Looking to dispose of almost 300 feet of 4" diameter Andrew Heliax. Does anybody have experience in selling copper transmission line as scrap and what it might be worth intact with teflon and outer jacket, etc.? Does it have to be cut apart and seperated from the teflon and outer covering? Is it worth the effort?
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Copper scrap value of 4" Heliax?
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Not sure about the US but here in the UK somebody certainly values the price of copper and, more importantly, our amateur radio contest groups's Heliax when a run of LDF4-50 and 2 runs of 5-50 were pinched from the site! I dare say that if any small lengths could still be used, you'd get good money from the local ham radio community.
If it is in decent, re-usable condition and on a spool, you might be able to sell it to another broadcaster. Three hundred feet of used 4-inch line on a suitably sturdy tower would serve well as part of an auxiliary FM antenna system.
If the line has any kinks or holes or burned spots, or has been sitting for a long time without being pressurized, that's probably not an option.
If the line has any kinks or holes or burned spots, or has been sitting for a long time without being pressurized, that's probably not an option.
If you do sell it as working coax, see if someone will loan you a tdr, network analyzer or spectum analyzer with a tracking generator and dirctional coupler to sweep the line. If you can get that data on the line and include it to the new owner, it'll help your resale value a lot.
I was hoping someone would answer the original question. I have some 1 5/8" that is getting ready to be sold to a non-com for scrap value--but no one seems to know what the scrap value actually is. Guess the original plan of cutting off a piece & taking it to a scrap dealer for evaluation will have to be the only way to find out.
Yes. Because even that is subjective to what the scrapper thinks it's worth. I'd get a couple "bids" from a couple of the usual scrappers in the area as-is and take an adv.
radiomaps said:
I scrapped copper out of CRT monitors and TVs and all sorts of electronic junk that I found at the curb, with my friends when I was unemployed. Its kinda tedious but at the time I had nothing better to do lol. To get the most money for your scrap, the copper has to be bare. If there is coating on it, they will consider it insulated wire and you will lose a lot of money. Insulated wire, isn't worth much, like 20-30 cents a pound. In 2008, bare copper wire was $4.00 a pound. In 2009, you were lucky to get $2.50 a pound for copper. The prices depend on how much it weighs.
The price differs each day. If anyone is interested in scrap, check out http://www.metalprices.com. What we did was we collected the copper and watched the prices on the site....if prices were rising we brought it to the scrap yard. If prices were falling, we just sat on it. The good thing about wire is that it takes up no room.
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