[TowerTalk] Hose Clamps Compared

[Drew Vonada-Smith]

Ouch.  I think I bought a tomato slicer from that guy once.

I've had better luck with the T-bar style clamps in the tougher applications.  But on my 80M 4SQ, which needed repairs every year, I gave up and went to a combination of bolts, and rivets on the smaller sections.  Not a failure since.  I've mostly given up on hose clamps as a reliable antenna fastener.

K3PA

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Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 20:53:15 -0400
From: Jon Pearl - W4ABC <jonpearl at tampabay.rr.com>
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Sixteen hose clamps are put through a torture test in the video, below.? 
A link to each clamp is provided under the description.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtMPq2lG-8U

73,


Jon Pearl - W4ABC

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