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From: "doc" <kd4e@verizon.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] foldover antenna bracket design
> > Jim Lux wrote:
> >>Doesn't that beam flap in high winds ... such as the intense
> >>gusts we are experiencing here in west central Florida as I
> >>type this?
> >
> > I'm sure it would. It's more designed for FD kinds of applications.
There
> > are some extra bolt holes in the plates so I supposed you could pin it
down
> > after tipping the tower upright, if you had some way to get up there.
You
> > could email Marty and ask him (he's on the usual lookup sites).
>
>
> Climb a tiltover to latch the beam hinge ... kinda defeats the
> purpose, eh? ;-)
>
> Perhaps an electrically, or mechanically (pull string),
> powered latch might solve that problem?
>
Well, it's a heck of a lot easier to climb a ladder propped against the
(unextended) tower carrying a few bolts and a wrench than carrying a
multiband beam antenna. One might contemplate climbing the tower itself in
the retracted position. (assuming it's safe to do so.)
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