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Subject: Rivets
Author: Andrew Williamson <andrew@gi0nwg.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: 01-Mar-2001 07:28:01
In message <E14XetY-0007pc-00.2001-02-27-07-50-10@imailg2.svr.pol.co.uk>
, Wil DJ7AA <dj7aa-wil@t-online.de> writes
>I do have still this rivet problem. And it is not the element
>connection,
>it is the factory mad connection of the boom--boom connector of my
>Magnum 620. These rivets are 120 degrees in 3 sets, but they are all
>fall down, just 2 years after have the beam up on the tower. A simple
>bolt will help, but how to climb 30m and then go 4 m outside off the
>boom.

The Magnum 340 exhibits this problem too. The factory installed boom
joint rivets have failed. The user installed bolt on the other half of
the joint is OK.

Bolts v rivets? No contest.

Andrew Williamson GI0NWG / AC6WI
Homepage = http://www.gi0nwg.freeserve.co.uk/

One of the ZL9CI gang
http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci/


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01-Mar-2001 Andrew Williamson
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01-Mar-2001 J. Edward \ Ed\ Muns
01-Mar-2001 Roger Huntley
01-Mar-2001 Pete Smith
01-Mar-2001 Tyler Stewart
01-Mar-2001 Andrew Williamson
01-Mar-2001 Andrew Williamson
* 01-Mar-2001 Andrew Williamson
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27-Feb-2001 Richard Thorne
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27-Feb-2001 WilDJ7AA
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27-Feb-2001 K7LXC@aol.com
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