Bill:
I have had great success with TIC rings over the past 20 years.
The pots that are being used now seem to hold up better than the old ones.
You will not need a "mast plate" when you mount your antennas in the ring
cradle. If your overhead boom truss attached to the current mast plate, you
will need to offset it to clear the cradle or use the adapter riser that TIC
offers.
If your antennas are not weight balanced when mounting in the ring, use some
additional weight out on the boom to achieve balance (make sure the coax
weight is in place). Having the weight balanced is very important to make
sure the ring works properly.
There are lots of "TIC Ring" pictures on the K3LR web site.
73!
Tim K3LR
http://www.k3lr.com
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
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Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:14 AM
To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] TIC RINGS
Thanks to all who responded to my post. Lots of good feedback was received
and most of it was positive.
One ham was totally dissatisfied, but the rest were either moderately or
totally satisfied.
Customer service was noted as good, but availabiltiy of replacement parts
on
short notice was an issue. The main sticking point that kept appearing was
the problem with the pots for indication (water intrusion).
I'm leaning toward a purchase, but I noticed that the beam must be mounted
off center of the normal balance point (which is where the boom to mast
plate
would be) by about two feet. It looks like the antenna can not be mounted
in
the "cradle" of the TIC ring since the mast plate will not fit in the
cradle. Is that correct? That means of course the antenna will be nose or
rear
heavy and the boom unbalance would have to compensated for. How critical
is
having the load on the ring unbalanced by about two feet on a 32 foot boom?
If anyone has close up pics of their installation I would appreciate them
sent to me, especially if you are using it with an M2 antenna like the 40
meter
or KT36XA (KT34XA). All I have to go by is the pics on the TIC ring
site....not many there and none showing any real detail.
Thanks for the help.
73 Bill KH7XS/K4XS
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