[TowerTalk] Balun for Force 12 6 Element 20 Meter

Grant Saviers grants2 at pacbell.net
Tue Jul 21 17:51:31 EDT 2020


Martin makes them, McMaster no brand was by them a while back.  Also 
sometimes call tappet wrenches.  Hard to find in < 7/16" but most 
ignition sets are thin enough.  Amazon has Craftsman and assorted 
Chinese sets.

Grant KZ1W

On 7/21/2020 14:03, K9MA wrote:
> On 7/21/2020 2:49 PM, jimlux wrote:
>> Or 4 nuts - nut1 wire nut2 pvc nut3 wire nut4
>> The preload between nut1 and nut2  and the preload between nut3 and 
>> nut4 are what make the contact. Takes two wrenches to get it tight 
>> enough.
>>
>>
> Speaking of which, it's hard to find wrenches thin enough to lock two 
> 6-32 or 8-32 nuts together. I have one old, cheap, Craftsman set that 
> works, but sooner or later I'm going to lose one of those up on the 
> tower. All the small wrench sets ("Ignition Wrenches") available seem to 
> be too thick. Short of grinding them down, does anyone know where to get 
> thin ones in SAE sizes?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Scott K9MA
> 


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