Hi,
A procedural thing: While doping the aluminum with the noalox provided
(do this *thinly*, and carefully -- see the directions), don't handle
the rivets with the same hand(s).
Get someone to help and insert the rivets to the holes who isn't
touching anything with noalox on it.
There are a *lot* of rivets in this antenna, so if the noalox gets on
the stems, even a little, as from fingerprints, it will gradually
accumulate. This lubricates the inside of the rivet tool where it
grabs the stem, and after a while it starts to slip, necessitating
multiple squeezes to work. At the end it was taking ten or more
squeezes to set the rivet. Efforts to clean the tool were fruitless.
Maybe someone has a cleaning technique they can share.
73, y'all
Guy
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On Tue, 3 Nov 1998 21:15:05 -0800, "Will K6NDV" <k6ndv@contesting.com>
wrote:
>
>Well the C-31 XR came in today (as promised by Force 12!)
>2 big boxes and looks like all is very well taken care of.
>Any suggestions out there from some of you who have put a C-31 XR together
>or as a mater of fact any of the force 12, please share the experience.
>Thanks 73 Will, K6NDV
Guy L. Olinger
k2av@qsl.net
Apex, NC, USA
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