[TowerTalk] No Tool Fast Assembly HF Beam

[Gary "Joe" Mayfield]

Roger,

    You are exactly right.  I would be very interested in where a guy could
find a "you install"- "A round headed pin or ball with a retainer and spring
loaded".  This is for Field Day /temporary/ where we always seem to be
missing a screw, nut or washer.

    The other idea I like is the split end hose clamp idea.  Maybe a guy
could solder the hose clamp to the element so it would always be there when
you need it.

Keep the good ideas Coming, 73,
Joe

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger (K8RI)
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 1:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] No Tool Fast Assembly HF Beam

On 7/7/2010 10:26 PM, gdaught6 at stanford.edu wrote:
> Joe wrote...
>
>    
>> Has anyone equipped the elements of a beam with some neat quick assembly
>> scheme?  I was thinking of the buttons often found in telescopic tent
poles,
>> or the quick and easy clamps that keep the legs of my camera tripod
>> extended.
>>      
I'm assuming this would be a temporary "quick to set up and tear down" 
temporary set up like FD, or a camping trip.

I would think the above would be a good idea.  A round headed pin or 
ball with a retainer and spring loaded. IOW just like the telescopic 
tent poles.
> Force-12 recommends putting a pop-rivet in, but NOT popping it.  Just put
it in and
> hold it in place with a turn of black electrical tape.  When it comes time
to
> disassemble it, it goes really quickly!
>
> The element to boom connection depends on what your antenna is.  I'm
guessing that
> a set of minimally tightened U-bolts would be most common.
>    
Which is what the Force 12 C-19 uses.
73

Roger (K8RI)
> 73,
>
> George T Daughters, K6GT
> CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
> October 2-3, 2010
>
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