Bruce,
On my rotating R55 I made up boom plates that enable me to
put 1.5" muffler clamps in four places, two on each
tower leg. Easy.
On a non-rotating tower, there will be several approaches.
The one I have used is to take a couple of stout pieces
of angle, each mounted flat against the tower with
the appropriate sized muffler clamps. Then put a shortie
mast between them and bolt the antenna to that.
In Michigan we used to have a lower 10 meter beam
mounted that way, and at about 2 or 3 PM we'd climb up
and turn if from EU to JA.
On very light beams I might just use the tower vertical
leg as a mast, but I would rather spread that turning
torque across two legs.
- Pat
N9RV
>>> "Bruce Makas" <k1my@qwest.net> 06/06 11:42 AM >>>
Two questions:
1. I have a rotating tower, how do I mount the antenna to the tower? I
recall that there are several venders that sell these mounts.
2. I have a non-rotating tower and I want to mount a beam in a fixed
direction to this tower. If a face of the tower is not in line with the
direction I want, how do I mount the antenna? There needs to be some form of
adjustment, I would think.
Thanks in advance.
Bruce, K1MY
Sunny Sun Lakes, Arizona
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