[TowerTalk] ROHN TOWER BOLTS

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

On 5/8/2014 5:00 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Per Rohn's recommendation, I used double brace Rohn 65G sections above my
> top star guy.  I was unaware that this was also available in Rohn 55G.
>
> The bolts on commercial towers like my Rohn 65G have pal nuts to keep them
> from loosening and falling out.  Their ham towers do not have them.
> Perhaps the pressure from the compressed tubing was supposed to act like a
> lock washer.  My new Rohn 55G tower did come with crimped lock nuts which
> damages the threads so it does not easily loosen.  The Rohn 55 guy
> brackets came with pal nuts.

Pal nut is the name I was looking for.  Every complete 25G and 45G I've 
purchased contained a bolt pack in each leg. Every one contained a Pal nut!

73

Roger (K8RI)

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> John KK9A
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