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Ordering and Shipping Questions Can I place my order by phone? Yes. Simply call 770-536-1108 and place your order with a credit card. Our office hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. Are your prices on the website current? Yes, the prices you see are our current prices. Even though the copper market fluctuates daily, we try to average out our cost through careful buying over a long period of time. Even so, we will occasionally have to adjust our prices. We work hard to keep our overhead low, and so far, our prices have been consistently below our competitors. How soon will you ship my order? Most orders are shipped the next business day after the order is placed. Depending on our work load, and the time of day an order is placed, many orders are shipped the same day they are received. Can I request a faster shipping method? Call us at 770-536-1108 if you have a rush order to see if we can accomodate you. Upon request, we can ship UPS 2nd day or UPS overnight. Please be aware, copper is heavy, and expedited shipping can be quite expensive. Technical Questions What size copper strap do I need? It will depend somewhat on your application, but generally speaking, wider is better! The only reason not to buy the widest strap you can get, is price. You'll probably want to find a happy medium between width and price. Typically, commercial broadcast stations use 3 inch and 4 inch widths around tower bases, between towers and transmitter buildings, and around the perimeter of buildings. 3 or 4 inch is also used inside transmitter and studio buildings, but sometimes you will see 2 inch widths inside studio buildings. The same guidelines could apply to amateur radio stations. However, ham radio towers are not usually as tall as commercial broadcast towers. More importantly, hams have the luxury of being able to shut down and disconnect during a thunderstorm whereas broadcast stations operate continuously, storm or no storm. 2 inch strap seems to be a good compromise for amateur radio applications. Our 2 inch strap has proven to be our most popular seller for amateur radio applications, although if you want the very best, go ahead and install 4 inch. We also stock 1" strap. I've never seen it used in commercial broadcast, but it's our least expensive strap, and is very easy to work with in those less demanding applications.
The thickness of our standard copper strap is .022". I've installed thousands of feet of that thickness over the years, much of it buried in the ground, and it has held up well. We also offer a thinner material that is .011". I've never installed any copper that thin in the ground, and I don't know if it would hold up well over the long run. However, it should work well in sheltered areas, and in less demanding applications. UPDATE: Effective July 1, 2008, we now offer thicker copper, .032". Some radio engineers specify .032" copper..... so now we stock it. It's heavy-duty, but still soft enough to be easy to work with.
We look forward to doing business with you! We think you'll be pleased with our products and our quality of service! Georgia Copper, LLC ~ 3075 Fork Road ~ Gainesville, GA 30506 ~ 770-536-1108 |
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