FYI, I used nylock nuts on mine from the beginning, no
problems. Just remember to position the nylocks
"down" (out of direct sun) so the sun's UV doesn't
damage the nylon insert in the nut.
73, Stew K3ND
--- alsopb <alsopb@gloryroad.net> wrote:
> Last weekend one half of one capacitor hat on the
> 402CD dropped to the
> ground. Fortunately it was Sunday morning and most
> of the action on
> 40 was over for me in the DX contest.
>
> After lowering the antenna and examining all screws
> (8-32 stainless)
> holding the cap hat on, a few others were somewhat
> loose. All used
> stainless lockwashers and were initially tightened
> reasonably.
>
> I concluded that these tiny lockwashers don't hold
> and replaced the
> nuts and washers with aircraft type nylock nuts.
>
> Anybody else have problems with stainless
> lockwashers?
>
> 73 de Brian/K3KO
>
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