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@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.
>
> K3PA
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 20:53:15 -0400
> From: Jon Pearl - W4ABC <jonpearl@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Cc: CrankupTiltoverTowers@groups.io
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Hose Clamps Compared...
> Message-ID: <f932d352-32fe-2a22-a0e9-3fe1e61a8e81@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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