[TowerTalk] Force 12: rivets, hardware

[jm@drsmesh.com (Joe E. Mesh)]

>>  While welding aluminum may provide some benefits, our adopted
process of using rivets provides not only a superb mechanical
connection, but also a significant improvement in electrical compliance
between the tubing and other components of the array. <<

Dandy!  Please understand that my comments are not intended to stimulate
a knee-jerk protective response to a commercially available amateur
product.   The thrust of the comments is to explore the limits of
idealism in design of antennas and there supports -- a central topic
that binds us here on this reflector.

I support the efforts of the "Force 12" people here.   I appreciate and
value their years of experience and their general availability for
discussion.

It sounds as though if money were no object and you were not building a
product for commercial consumption in a price sensitive market -- then
you would personally prefer heli-arching the aluminum for reasons of
mechanical integrity and electrical continuity -- reasons of longevity
and minimizing maintenance.

Does this correctly restate your position?


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Thanks....Joe E. Mesh, D.M.D.,C.A.G.S.(Prosthodontics)
from Beautiful Downtown HELL, Michigan USA
11/19/97      03:10       
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