[TowerTalk] Force12 rivets

Larry stowell lclarks at nc.rr.com
Fri Feb 18 10:27:38 PST 2011



Barry
"Single rivet"?  My C31XR had 3 per joint.

73 Larry K1ZW
 

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry
Gross
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 12:02 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Force12 rivets

Thanks for all the advice!  What I think I'll eventually do when I get the antenna down, is drill
perpendicular holes one inch proximal (boomward) to all the existing single rivets and add a second
rivet.

73, Barry N1EU

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Mickey Baker <fishflorida at gmail.com> wrote:

> Careful drilling "perpendicular holes" - better to go down the length 
> of the tubing a few cm so as not to provide a weak point in the element.
>
>
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