[TowerTalk] Force12 rivets

[Peter Dougherty]

A trick I was taught with F12 is to slightly drill out each hole to the
appropriate size and go one rivet size up from what is supplied with the
antennas. My C31XR, Delta 240 and 2/2/1 are all built like that and have (so
far) performed very well over the years.


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 - pjd

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry Gross
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:14 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Force12 rivets

I'm not sure if Force12 still uses riveted construction of yagi elements.
 In any event, I just experienced my first rivet failure on my C3S (great
timing, huh?) and would like to avoid repeating this experience.  What is
the tried and true wisdom on preventing rivet failure on these antennas?

Thanks & 73,
Barry N1EU
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