I bought a used KT34XA and between the seller and me I disassembled it enough to get it home. Another KT34XA owner recommended that I disassemble it completely and buff it with Scotch bright and then
Rick, The mechanical .058 typicial wall thickness common in antenna construction leaves a .009 differnece and a .0045 gap . Many of the popular Nolax or Penatrox or NONE conductive the aluminum or co
Hi Rick, If you some have grit between the elements, (sand grains, spider/insect webs/debris, previous conductive paste in the element, etc.) you can have two telescoping tubing pieces that are mecha
Being a Belt and suspender type I vote to completely disassemble the antenna and scotch pad or XX steel wool all mating joints and use the copper antisize and re assemble I would not use *either* ste
I agree on both counts. Scotch-brite pads work well for cleaning up old tubing. I have built many large homebrew Yagi's using old 6061 aluminum tubing. Steel wool can leave metal partials embedded in
Been following this thread with interest. I live about 400 yards from the ocean on the central coast of OR. Last summer I did some repair work on the 1st DE 5M traps of my old (really old) TH7DX. I w
Author: Gene Smar via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:57:30 -0400
TT: Allow me to add one more tip that I learned from TowerTalk denizens years ago. Use TWO separate Scotch-brite pads when reassembling the antenna tubing. One is used to clean the inside and outside