[TowerTalk] Shorty Forty Hose Clamp thread

[john at kk9a.com]

Hose clamps come in different widths, materials and styles. I am not sure
what MFJ/ Cushcraft uses or what failed for K6UJ, but on my homebrew
antennas I use worm drive hose clamps with a 9/16" wide band and a 300
series stainless steel screw.  For 1 1/4 or larger tubing I use a bolt style
hose clamp.

John KK9A


To:	"<towertalk at contesting.com>" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] Shorty Forty Hose Clamp thread
From:	Robert Harmon <k6uj at pacbell.net>
Date:	Fri, 7 Aug 2015 22:02:00 -0700

Doug,

I no longer use hose clamps after having them strip as you had happen or the

connection 
loosening after flexing back and forth in the wind (I am also in the Pacific
NW)
Now I only use rivets.  I have had a number of Force 12 antennas and no
problem 
at all with the connections.  Their riveted conns sold me.  The HF beams I
have 
fabbed have riveted elements
and no problems.  I wipe on Penetrox when assembling and later when taking
apart
the tubing is like new.  Plus to change element lengths it is super easy to 
drill 
out the center of the rivets, they pop right out.  Now I can sleep easy
while 
the winds blow,  hihi.


73,
Bob
K6UJ