At 11:52 PM 11/29/02 +0000, Dave Hachadorian wrote: >...The four self-tapping screws that hold the two halves of the >rotator together may have sheared off or fallen out. These >are steel self-tapping screws, tapped into aluminum. They are a >weak link in the Ham-IV. > Couldn't this also be fixed by putting helicoil inserts into the aluminum? 73, Pete N4ZR Sometimes a tower is just a tower