[Towertalk] XA Boom Failure

[Steven H Sawyers (na0ia)]

We decided to refurbish the XA at our local club station and had cracks starting from the mast clamp holes exactly as your picture shows. Ours was 1/4 inch thick.

We used the old one as a pattern and made a new one out of 3/8 aluminum plate. No problems for 2 years, but it is one of those things that gets checked very closely any time someone is up the tower.

de na0ia


At 04:58 PM 3/23/02 , mcduffie@actcom.net wrote:
>
>The picture mentioned in an earlier post by Steve, K7LXC, is posted at:
>www.actcom.net/~mcduffie/xaboom.jpg
>
>It is about 108k, so give it a minute or two.
>
>If anyone knows what has happened to qrz.net ftp access, I'd appreciate
>knowing.  I can't access my web pages for maintenance.  All my other sites
>work as normal.
>
>Gary
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