[TowerTalk] Good Fastener Practice

[john at kk9a.com]

Since you are probably bolting against a soft aluminum plate, I would also
use a flat washer. Of course there is always the debate that split washers
to not work but I use them anyway. I believe Force12 used steel muffler
clamps for mounting the boom to the plate on most of their antennas. On my
portable C3S I replaced them with stainless steel muffler clamps from
Summit Racing and used the original mounting plate.

John KK9A


To:	TowerTalk <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	[TowerTalk] Good Fastener Practice
From:	N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net>
Date:	Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:57:49 -0500

I am in the process of reassembling an old F12 C3E, and noticed that there
were no washers with it.  Somewhere I think I recall reading that when you
use split lock washers, for example with U-bolts for attaching elements to
flat aluminum brackets, you should also use flat washers between the split
lock and the bracket.  True or false?

73, Pete N4ZR