[50mhz] cushcraft question

[Ray Brown]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT" <w2ttt at worldnet.att.net>

> Hi all!
> I would have to agree with Carl on his points about Cushcraft Stainless
> Steel hardware.  I have used these antennas at various times for thirty
> years and have never had a problem with seizing connectors or hardware.
> Recently, I pulled down two modified 32-19 two meter yagis that had been up
> for about fifteen years and once I pulled off the tape and Coax-Seal (tm),
> the connectors were clean and came off easily.
> I have also looked at the element bolts and they are clean as well.
> Because I standardized my boom to mast hardware years ago, I can't speak to
> the U-bolts on these antennas, but I have never had a problem with any
> Cushcraft hardware in the past.

  It may well be that the Cushcraft stainless steel is of a different composition
than what we're used to. There's 3 or 4 versions, it depends on the amount
of nickel and chromium in the mixture. There is one version of stainless, I
think 304, that is still magnetizing, that is you bring a magnet up to to and
it's attracted to it. I think there's also a 306, a 307, and a 312.

                _Ray_        KBØSTN