Re: [TowerTalk] 8 pin rotor quick disconnects

["Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com>]

is this planned obsolesence (did I spell that right)

The weakest length when torque hits the mast is the one that will 
give...if you pin at the rotor I guess you had better hope the boom to 
mast connection slips under high winds otherwise you'll get a bucket of 
gears and bolts for a rotor!

K4OJ



Jerry Keller wrote:
> OK, so my elbow-poking comes back into my own ribs... ow!
> Instead of kidding around, I should have taken the time to read further in
> the manual for the Yaesu G-800DXA rotator I'm in the process of installing.
> In the illustration on page 11, it very clearly shows a long 9mm bolt
> (supplied) going through the mast clamps AND through the mast.
> Oh, well, live and learn. :-)  Jerry K3BZ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
> To: <k3bz@arrl.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 8 pin rotor quick disconnects
>
>
>
> > In a message dated 8/29/03 8:52:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time, k3bz@arrl.net
> > writes:
> >
> >
> > > Maybe that's because the rotator manufacturer didn't say to pin it?
> (refer
>
> > > to K7LXC's Law...)
> >
> >    Actually the Yaesus come with a long bolt just for that purpose. The
>
> main
>
> > problem is that the mast clamps are easy to damage so they need all the
>
> help
>
> > they can get.
> >
> >    I've never been able to get an M2 Orion rotator mast clamp to stay
>
> tight
>
> > for very long so I've started pinning them too. My opinion is that the
>
> bolts
>
> > stretch so no matter how secure the nuts are, the mast is eventually gonna
>
> slip
>
> > :-(
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve      K7LXC
> > TOWER TECH
>
>
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