I have had turnbuckles on my boom truss completely unscrew because of
the buffeting from the wind. That might be at least a part of Dennis'
problem. When I reassembled the turnbuckles, I used thread locking
adhesive, and they've been stable ever since.
73, Joe
K2XX
Al Williams wrote:
> Two years ago someone snipped all but two threads of the cable wire that is
> used to tilt/raise my LM470 crankup. Fortunately I noticed the cut before
> tilting the tower down. The tower had not yet had an antenna attached.
> There were a couple of mischievous teenagers living in a rental within sight
> to the towers that I suspect. They have since moved but I now always take a
> quick look before operating the tower.
>
> k7puc
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis OConnor" <ad4hk2004@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 5:30 AM
> What to me wondering eyes should appear but loose turnbuckles, with one of
> them (a 120' guy) having turned out until there were only 3 threads left
> engaged on each end... Some kind soul had taken the 90' and 120' turn
> buckles and un-weaved the ends of the EHS from from the turnbuckle...
> Whether he also deliberately unscrewed the buckles almost completely apart
> or just left them
>
>> to vibrate, I cannot tell..
>> This is annoying... I live in a very rural area back in the woods and a
>> quarter mile from the nearest road... To get to my towers one would have
>> to walk in a minimum of a half mile across crop fields and then through
>> heavy brush and woods... This is the first time in 45 years as a ham I
>> have ever found my towers tampered with...
>> Now, some kind soul will tell me to clamp the buckles or use a padlock...
>> The problem is that if they are up to mischief they will simply bring
>> tools... And it wasn't an impulse deal because he went around to all
>> three of the 90-120 guy sets... Apparently I have a friend out there...
>> grrrr....
>>
>> denny / k8do
>>
>>
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