A company called ....IIX Equipment, has a complete line of swing
out/tower attaching braces-brackets...See there goods at .."Texas
Towers" .....
-Bill
K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/20/2010 2:06:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>
>
>> I am considering side-mounting a 10m LJ-105CA at the 38ft level, which
>>
> is the top of the second section of a HDX-589.??? Does anyone know of
> someone selling a pre-fabricated bracket that will fit the UST, or has
> anyone
> fabricated some sort of bracket that will attach to the top of a UST tower
> section?? I was thinking of taking measurements of the inner diameter of the
> section's two legs on one side, then having some sort of "pins" slightly
> smaller than the inner diameter welded to an aluminum or steel plate, which
> could then use U-bolts to hold the boom of the yagi.? Sort of how I have
> seen a TIC-Ring rotor attached to someone's UST awhile back.?? Is TIC-Ring
> still around??? I really don't need a rotor for this yagi, as I was planning
> on leaving it fixed towards Europe, but I am not opposed to a TIC-Ring.
>
>
> I don't know of any specific solution to your problem but I've thought
> about using the top of the tower legs for small antenna sidemounts. The
> mount would be 2 vertical pieces that would slide into the top of 2 of the
> vertical legs and be welded to a triangular piece of steel where the rotator
> would sit. It's basically gravity held and for smallish antennas should
> work FB. I wouldn't recommend welding something to the tower itself for
> several reasons.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
> TOWER TECH -
> Professional tower services for hams
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