[TowerTalk] kt34a Manual

[Gary McDuffie, Sr.]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 13:51:30 -0700, Jim Darrough wrote:

> I have a used KT34XA that I want to revert to a KT34a.

I made the same conversion you are talking about on mine several years
ago.

The XA is supported by 4 sections of 3 inch by 8 foot material, end to
end to make the 32 foot boom.  It is supported by a Phillystran truss.
When I did mine in the 80s, I called Gary at KLM and told him what I
wanted to do and he said he could fix me up.  While on vacation in the
bay area, I stopped by the shop and he gave me a short piece of boom
material that was just the right diameter for inserting inside the
existing boom.  This was to beef up the center when I put two pieces
together to make a 16 foot boom without the truss (if I remember
correctly-this is 15 yrs ago, give or take).

I haven't had the XA up since 1990, and it is laying around waiting to
be converted back to XA configuration.  I want to put it up in place of
my TH7DX for awhile to reacquaint myself with it and allow some time for
the TH7 to be refurbed.

Gary

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