At 06:53 PM 11/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>What I ended up with was out of 3 rivet holes....2 would line up fine
>but the 3rd was off enough that I could not get a rivet in the hole.
>The result was I had to re-drill or drill out the 3rd hole to be able to
>get a rivet in.
>
>For the whole antenna, I had to do this 16 times.
=============================
This would be expected. If just one element piece was mismatched, then you
could expect many others would not line up. One hole might be off, but not 16!
I'm sure Force12 would agree.
If it dosen't fit, 99% of the time, you are trying to fit the wrong ones.
FWIW....
73,
Bruce
--
FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm
|