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[K7GCO@aol.com]

 >>In a message dated 16.03.00 17:04:23 Pacific Standard Time, n5rp@pdq.net 
writes:
<< 
 At 18:35 3/16/00, AA6DX wrote:
 >I've used Penatrox for over a 1/4 century with no ill results.
 =======================>
       Suppository or pill ?
 Bob Perring

Bob: That's a very perceptive Pharmacy question.  If one's immune system is 
in good shape you will feel no affect.  Howsomever, the beam joints out in 
the damp cold weather day and night can still get a bad case of rheumatoid 
arthritis, increased RF resistance and the "Dreaded Capacitive Reactance"  
I've found after 1-5 years using Penatrox as an antioxidant.      

PS: And now back to the wrong rivets.  The following should show some serious 
deficiencies of using the wrong rivets. CASE CLOSED.  K7GCO

In a message dated 16.03.00 18:55:59 Pacific Standard Time, hugh@prolynx.com 
writes:
<<    I have a 620/340 Force 12. It has been up about 2 years. I had a boom to
 mast plate go bad, So I pulled it down and took a look at the entire
 antenna. The boom is riveted at some of the boom joints. I would say
 about 75% of the boom rivets had popped the heads off of the rivets. The
 40 meter element rivets were OK. However about 25% of the elements on
 the 20 had worked loose. The entire antenna was assembled with Noa-lox.
 Richard, K8ZTT has the same antenna and lives about 3 miles away. His
 boom has lost almost all of the rivets. We have used BOLTS in place of
 the rivets on the boom. We purchased a HYDRAULIC Pop rivet gun. We use
 Aluminum rivets with STEEL shanks (the pull shaft), the combination of
 the HYDRAULIC rivet tool and the heavier duty rivets has done the job of 
solving the rivet problem. We have a nice tight antenna now.
 Richard, K8ZTT lives on top of a hill with much more wind than I.
 However, my antenna was almost as bad as his. I do not live in a high
 wind area, as he does.  73, Hugh
 

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