At 09:46 PM 8/10/98 -0700, you wrote:
Hi Jim!
>Since the temperature promised to exceed 100 degrees today, it seemed
>like an ideal day to take off work and go out into the blazing sun to
>work on a bad KT34XA.
In TRUE ham spirit. Hey! Did you know that back here in the ice and snow
belt that if you erect your beam in sub-zero weather you gain an additional
2-3db?? <G>
>One thing I didn't mention was there were the #6 sheet metal screws
>applied into the elements as others had suggested as a way to
>"bulletproof" those mechanical connections. The screws were all tight,
>but the connection had failed anyway. I guess nothing is foolproof.
I would rather use rivets here. Although I never had a problem with those
screws, I did have a problem with the small sheet-metal screws that held the
element mounting straps in place! Two of mine worked loose and I had to
replace them with a much more substantial sized screw. No problems after
that.... until the 103mph straight-kine winds took it down ;)
Chuck Sudds K0TVD
Missouri Valley, Iowa USA
Heartland DX Association
http://www.probe.net/~csudds/ or
http://www.probe.net/~beakers/
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