Hello Bill, The trick is to fill the male threads with a tenacious wheel bearing grease, PRIOR to assembly.
Stan, W1LE Cape Cod On 6/2/2010 11:03 AM, Bill Dzurilla wrote: > We are leaving today for Europe and of course I waited until the last minute > to take down my Arrow antenna, which has been mounted outside for about a > year. But, when I attempted to unscrew the elements, they would not budge, > even after receiving a big dose of WD-40. And the elements are not that > solid so it's not possible to use a great deal of force. > > Is there some trick to unscrewing these things? > > 73, Bill NZ5N (soon to be OM9ACA, look for me on AO-7) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
