Jeff,
Alternate to thread-locker is knurled cup set screws. These bite into the item
and very rarely back out. Been a while since I bought them, McMaster-Carr comes
to mind.
Bill
AC0W
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> 1. Hustler Mobile Whips (Jeff Clarke)
> 2. Re: Hustler Mobile Whips (Dave Edmonds)
> 3. Re: Hustler Mobile Resonators (James Duffey)
> 4. Re: Hustler Mobile Whips (George)
> 5. NS RTTY this Thursday (Ken K6MR)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:14:57 -0400
>From: Jeff Clarke <ku8ejeff@mediacombb.net>
>To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] Hustler Mobile Whips
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>Thanks everyone for their tips. It turns out the Allen wrench size is 3/32
>inch,? not the thread size. The set screw is 2050-26 10-32 x 1/8 inch.
>
>I contacted New-Tonics and they are sending me 10 spare set screws for free!
>Now that's great customer service.
>
>BTW I mentioned to them that I hate their newer design that uses the set
>screws to hold the whip to the resonator and how I wished they would go back
>to the compression fitting. They are going to pass this along to their
>engineering department.
>
>Jeff KU8E
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>Message: 2
>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:11:57 -0400
>From: Dave Edmonds <dave@pkministrywebs.com>
>To: Jeff Clarke <ku8ejeff@mediacombb.net>
>Cc: "cq-contest@contesting.com" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Hustler Mobile Whips
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>Hi Jeff,
>
>Those small set screws can be terminal out there on the road... A friend of
>mine, Skip who makes duck decoys invented magnetic duck wings adapters that
>attach to the decoy. The other decoys use tiny set-screws, which the
>hunters drop in the water or in their blind. Thought that was a pretty cool
>idea... Don't know if this tech can be transferred to mobile antennas some
>how...
>
>Jeff... I have 40m and 20m hustler resonators with compression fittings.
>Haven't used these lately...If you need these, I could ship them to
>y'all.....
>
>73s Dave WN4AFP
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>On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Jeff Clarke <ku8ejeff@mediacombb.net>
>wrote:
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>> Thanks everyone for their tips. It turns out the Allen wrench size is 3/32
>> inch, not the thread size. The set screw is 2050-26 10-32 x 1/8 inch.
>>
>> I contacted New-Tonics and they are sending me 10 spare set screws for
>> free! Now that's great customer service.
>>
>> BTW I mentioned to them that I hate their newer design that uses the set
>> screws to hold the whip to the resonator and how I wished they would go
>> back to the compression fitting. They are going to pass this along to their
>> engineering department.
>>
>> Jeff KU8E
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>Message: 3
>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:14:09 -0600
>From: James Duffey <jamesduffey@comcast.net>
>To: ku8ejeff@mediacombb.net
>Cc: James Duffey <jamesduffey@comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Hustler Mobile Resonators
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>It is not 3/32 as that is not a standard screw size. It is probably a #2 (most
>likely) or #3. The best thing to do is take the screw to a good hardware
>store, like Ace or True Value, or a commercial hardware supplier like Fastenal
>or Grainger and ask them to match it. McMaster Carr also has them. If all you
>have is the resonator take that in. - Duffey KK6MC
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:45:59 -0400
>From: George <georgek5kg@aol.com>
>To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Hustler Mobile Whips
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>A small drop of Loctite will hold the set screws in place. Be sure to
>use blue Loctite so you can loosen the set screws if you really need
>to. I advise against red Loctite, as you will not break the screws
>loose if you use that. Available at any good hardware store.
>
>73, George, K5KG
>
>On 4/26/2016 2:11 PM, Dave Edmonds wrote:
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> Those small set screws can be terminal out there on the road... A friend of
>> mine, Skip who makes duck decoys invented magnetic duck wings adapters that
>> attach to the decoy. The other decoys use tiny set-screws, which the
>> hunters drop in the water or in their blind. Thought that was a pretty cool
>> idea... Don't know if this tech can be transferred to mobile antennas some
>> how...
>>
>> Jeff... I have 40m and 20m hustler resonators with compression fittings.
>> Haven't used these lately...If you need these, I could ship them to
>> y'all.....
>>
>> 73s Dave WN4AFP
>>
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>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Jeff Clarke <ku8ejeff@mediacombb.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks everyone for their tips. It turns out the Allen wrench size is 3/32
>>> inch, not the thread size. The set screw is 2050-26 10-32 x 1/8 inch.
>>>
>>> I contacted New-Tonics and they are sending me 10 spare set screws for
>>> free! Now that's great customer service.
>>>
>>> BTW I mentioned to them that I hate their newer design that uses the set
>>> screws to hold the whip to the resonator and how I wished they would go
>>> back to the compression fitting. They are going to pass this along to their
>>> engineering department.
>>>
>>> Jeff KU8E
>>>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:35:54 -0700
>From: Ken K6MR <k6mr@outlook.com>
>To: "rtty@contesting.com" <rtty@contesting.com>, 'NS'
> <nccc-blue@kkn.net>, "cq-contest@contesting.com"
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>Subject: [CQ-Contest] NS RTTY this Thursday
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>Greetings Diddlers!
>
>Well I must have been asleep when I wrote you last week as I forgot to plug
>the SPDX RTTY and the BARTG 75 Sprint. I?m sure you dedicated keyboarders
>discovered these on your own and were able to put in some quality time on the
>keyboard. The BARTG 75 Sprint was great fun but conditions here were less than
>exceptional. This weekend looks very thin so you may need to switch modes and
>look for the Florida mobiles (Florida QSO Party). The Russian MultiMode test
>advertises RTTY so maybe there is some hope after all.
>
>Good group last week. 15 meters was a no go from here, and conditions don?t
>look much better at the moment. But you never know, so give a listen on 15
>for the first few minutes and let?s see if we can warm up the ions.
>
>Here?s the usual list of times, rules and extra notes for our usual Thursday
>soiree:
>
>Friday, 29 Apr 2016, 0145Z - 0215Z (Thursday 28 Apr 2016 in NA)
>-- 1845 - 1915 PDT
>-- 2145 - 2215 EDT
>-- (others in-between those two)
>-- 160: 1805 and up
>-- 80/40/20/15 +80kHz up from the band edge (Don?t forget to check 15!)
>-- Same band dupes ok after 1 intervening Q.
>-- 1 kHz QSY rule, otherwise standard Sprint rules
>-- Mults per band.
>-- 100W power limit.
>
>Please visit http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html for complete rules
>and links to other info. If you find any problems with the web pages, please
>let me know so we can get them fixed.?
>
>Report scores to 3830scores.com, and join us at 0300Z on 3610 kHz
>for comments and questions (and dinner menus).
>
>Diddle diddle,?
>
>Ken K6MR
>
>
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