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Re: [TowerTalk] Repair HD-BX Tower?

To: "Bill Turner" <dezrat@copper.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Repair HD-BX Tower?
From: "WA3GIN" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 11:31:57 -0400
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
...and I heard of a similar story about a ham in Richmond, VA...I'd like a 
buck for every HDX-48 that had its rivets melted off  hahaha
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat@copper.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Repair HD-BX Tower?


> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Sat, 12 May 2007 17:52:08 -0500, jpk5lad@cox.net wrote:
>
>
>>Yep, those rivets are aluminum.  I had a friend who
>>wanted to "refresh" his HDX-48 tower's coating and
>>took it to a galvanizing place.  When they dipped the
>>sections into the hot metal vat, the aluminum rivets
>>completely melted.  He got back a tower kit which
>>looked like a gigantic Erector Set.
>>Jim - K5LAD
>
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
> Fascinating story. A mental picture I will not soon forget. :-)
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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