[TowerTalk] re: boom spinning on a mast fix

[Steve Runyon]

> From: "Bill Heinzinger" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>
> 
> Years ago an Elmer showed me a trick.
> At Casa Depot they sell 2" wide traction tape.
> It's the stuff you put on stairs and is adhesive on one side and like rough
> sandpaper on the business side.
> I run one wrap around the mast under the boom to mast clamp.

Dan Hearn, N5AR, had a similar suggestion that he mentioned to us  
at the W5DX Bash some years ago - he cuts a strip of the rubber 
material used for drive belts for farm machinery and puts a 
layer between the mast and clamp. This stuff is available 
at farm supply stores and is sort of like inner tube material, 
but with reinforcing material similar to a auto fan belt - very 
tough and durablei, and apparently stands up to UV exposure well.
Steve WQ5G  

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