[TowerTalk] Hose Clamps Compared

[john simmons]

And yet a popular and old design 21’ commercial antenna is successfully held together with one worm drive hose clamp 

> On Aug 8, 2022, at 11:19, Drew Vonada-Smith <drew at whisperingwoods.org> wrote:
> 
> 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.
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> K3PA
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> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 20:53:15 -0400
> From: Jon Pearl - W4ABC <jonpearl at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: towertalk reflector <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Cc: CrankupTiltoverTowers at groups.io
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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.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtMPq2lG-8U
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> 73,
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> 
> Jon Pearl - W4ABC
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