On 4/5/12 2:35 PM, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>> As I see my stack of beams swinging back and forth in the wind I am
> thinking about adding a flexible shaft coupling above the rotor
> to absorb the shock, I have read somewhere about using automotive drive
> shaft flex couplings and adapt them to clamp on to
> our 2" masts. I used to have one of Bill Orr, W6SAI books on antennas and
> if I remember right he used one for a Volvo, and it
> had a rubber donut between two flanges. Anyone make a flexible coupler
> for their mast and would share what you used ?
Yaesu makes a shock mount for their rotors. If you don't have a Yaesu
rotor, maybe it could be adapted.
http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=104&encProdID=E0526A9F285ECCF36F75CC3FEC992990&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0
73, Mike NF4L
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