I just put up a new XM-240 this past Oct and I
made a new mast to boom plate and drilled it for 4
2? U bolts. I used the U bolts with the cast
aluminum saddles from DX Eng. The existing plate
had 2 2 ½ U bolts and the hole are not
elongated. The saddles were more like the muffler
clamp style that don?t grip that well. I didn?t
want the boom twisting on the mast and so far so
good.
BTW take a look at my earlier post ( around early
Dec) about the failure I had with the U channels.
You may want to beef them up too.
GL OM
Dale AA1QD
>>Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:03:33 -0400
>>From: Roger D Johnson <n1rj@roadrunner.com>
>>To: Towertalk Reflector
<towertalk@contesting.com>
>>Subject: [TowerTalk] XM-240 Question
>>Message-ID: <514121E5.6010506@roadrunner.com>
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>>Do the boom to mast mounting blocks (aluminum V
block item 35 in the manual) have elongated holes
to accommodate smaller U bolts. My mast is 2 inch
and would like to use smaller U bolts for more
grip.
>>73, Roger N1RJ
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