[Towertalk] Rivets, Clamps, Screws etc

[Jim White]

another guy here in Floirda REALLY blew me away...paud him a visit and he
was putting up a stack of 15 meter yagis...he welcomed me and told me it was
heat shrink day...

He had obtained some heat shrink with goo on the inside and was putting a
piece over all the tubing reductions and heating it...

WOW


K4OJ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Gobleman" <k9zm@frontiernet.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 12:14 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] Rivets, Clamps, Screws etc


> While on this subject, does anyone else wrap the joints of their antennas
> with Scotch 33/88?  I cannot remember who taught me this, but I have
always
> wrapped the joint, clamps, rivets, screws, whatever in electrical tape.
It
> keeps the snags to a minimum and should prevent the rivets from coming
out.
> I don't know if it would stop the elements from rocking and working the
> rivets loose but it did cure the oscillation of my 10m elements on my
> Tango34.   I'd like to think that it helps to keep anti-oxidant from being
> displaced by wind driven rain, although it would not allow the joint to
weep
> moisture.  Any condensation would have to run to the end of an element to
> get out.
>
> 73
> Greg K9ZM
>
>
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