[TowerTalk] Yagis and Rivets

[Dave Pomeroy]

Amazing, this message was orginally posted on 15
March, and it just showed today, the 3rd of April.  Is
this what they mean by internet time? 

--- Dave Pomeroy <dave_pomeroy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Dave,
>   I don't know about antenna rivits but aircraft
> rivits hold forever.  60 year old airplanes still
> flying with tight aluminum rivits.
> 
> 
> --- Dave D'Epagnier <DDEpagnier@compuserve.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > I'm just about to finally put back up my C3-S.
> It's
> > been up for about a
> > year and a half and worked well all that time - no
> > problems. I thought I'd
> > maybe redo the joints with some silicone vacuum
> > grease and kind of spruce
> > it up a bit before it was put back into commision.
> > One thing noticed on my
> > half disassembled antenna though is that ALL OF
> THE
> > RIVETS ARE LOOSE!
> > Sorry, don't mean to shout  but  this is
> surprising.
> > It looks to like every
> > one of those once very sturdy rivets are loose. I
> > can wiggle every element
> > section with respect to its mate and have to
> wonder
> > how good the rf
> > connection is between them. And I thought rivets
> > were the best and would
> > never be a problem.They were installed correctly.
> > I'm wondering if aluminum
> > rivets are simply wimpy. Maybe steel rivets would
> > hold much stronger and
> > longer, and even though they may cause local
> > corrosion, the overall
> > connection might last longer with steel. Has
> anyone
> > else experienced this?
> > How did you deal with it?
> > 
> > --Dave
> > K0QE
> > 
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> Dave Pomeroy K8DNP Southwest Michigan
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