[TowerTalk] Force12 rivets

[Gene Fuller]

Machine screws are fine if you don't plan to ever change the tunning or 
reuse the tubing.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jan Erik Holm" <sm2ekm at telia.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Force12 rivets


> What´s wrong with machine screws. Never ever had a failure and some of
> my antennas been out there for almost 30 years. IMO hose clamps are
> for the past.
>
> / Jim SM2EKM
> -------------
> On 2011-02-19 16:29, TexasRF at aol.com wrote:
>> Another useful feature of hose clamps is their tendency to keep ice from
>> sliding down the element as it melts.
>>
>> At first thought, this may seem like a bad thing, but when ice slides 
>> down
>> a drooping element it adds a lot of weight at the end and that can cause
>> the  element to bend or break off. Been there and watched it happen.
>>
>> 73,
>> Gerald K5GW
>>
>>
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