[Towertalk] Ham IV Brake Slips?

[n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)]

At 11:52 PM 11/29/02 +0000, Dave Hachadorian wrote:
>...The four self-tapping screws that hold the two halves of the
>rotator together may have sheared off or fallen out. These
>are steel self-tapping screws, tapped into aluminum. They are a
>weak link in the Ham-IV.
>

Couldn't this also be fixed by putting helicoil inserts into the aluminum?


73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is just a tower