[TowerTalk] loctite on ham-4 bolts?

K7LXC@aol.com K7LXC@aol.com
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:08:43 EST


In a message dated 99-01-27 15:58:13 EST, wf3h@hotmail.com writes:

<< Loctite certainly has its place. But I'm not sure I understand the 
 concept of loctiting the hell out of everything. Loctite is for 
 permanent installations. There are VERY few things in ham radio that are 
 permanent, and trying to get a loctited bolt out, or replacing one with 
 a new bolt in a hole that's had loctite in it is difficult at best. 
 There's gotta be a better way. >>

       I would vote for installing everything correctly initially and then
following up with an annual inspection of everything. 

       VE7SZ has a nice aggressive 3 tower station and experienced some sort
of failure every year. For the last 2 years we've done a real thorough tower
and antenna system inspection and he hasn't had any problems since. 

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC

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