Machine screws are fine if you don't plan to ever change the tunning or
reuse the tubing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Erik Holm" <sm2ekm@telia.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Force12 rivets
> What´s wrong with machine screws. Never ever had a failure and some of
> my antennas been out there for almost 30 years. IMO hose clamps are
> for the past.
>
> / Jim SM2EKM
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> On 2011-02-19 16:29, TexasRF@aol.com wrote:
>> Another useful feature of hose clamps is their tendency to keep ice from
>> sliding down the element as it melts.
>>
>> At first thought, this may seem like a bad thing, but when ice slides
>> down
>> a drooping element it adds a lot of weight at the end and that can cause
>> the element to bend or break off. Been there and watched it happen.
>>
>> 73,
>> Gerald K5GW
>>
>>
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