[TowerTalk] Used Tower

[Neil Marlowe]

Oops, the cross bars are not diagonal, they are straight across.

Neil
N4NI

On 2/11/07, Neil Marlowe <nmarlowe at gmail.com> wrote:
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> That's a great idea! Thanks Jim.
>
> Neil
> N4NI
>
> On 2/11/07, Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > One sort of non-quantitative thing you can do is put the section on a
> > set of sawhorses (so you can reach it without bending down), and
> > (lightly) tap each structural member (strut,tube, etc.) with a hammer
> > or wooden mallet.  All the similar ones should sound (about) the
> > same.  If you get ting, ting, ting, clong, ting, ting..  you know
> > something is weird about the clong one...  A tube full of dirt will
> > sound different than a tube full of rust will sound different than an
> > empty tube.  (and if the hammer bashes through the wall with a light
> > tap, better you know now, rather than after putting it
> > up<grin>)  Just don't dent or bend things...  You're playing tubular
> > bells here, not bass drum.
> >
> >
> > Jim, W6RMK
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> >
> >
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