Hey fellas, Can someone please give me some advice. I was thinking of changing out my rotor and really do not want to remove the ta-33 from the tower. Can I simply loosen the mast clamp and lower the
Hi, Please post a copy of your responses to Tony to the reflector. I am also interested in doing this. Thanks, Ken W7TS Hey fellas, Can someone please give me some advice. I was thinking of changing
It depends upon how far up the mast your antenna is. If the antenna is up a few feet, it may be easier the get a pipe Channelock. Wrap it around the mast so the mast can't slide down (I wouldn't trus
I've been doing this for years and it's with a large array http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/Tower29.htm (link posted many times before). There are two thrust bearings that normally only support
Hello Tony The 2 thrust bearing method works well if you run 2 TB. If you don't take a piece of angle iron and a saddle clamp. Make sure the angle iron is long and strong enough to slide thru the tow
I always have used a muffler clamp on the mast above the bearing and let the antenna assembly rest on that ... have some wobulation of the aerial, but never had a problem -- you want to take into con
You didn't say what rotor you are using but if it is a Hy-Gain, loosen the U clamps on the rotor, put a muffler clamp on the rotor mast above the thrust bearing, use a large screw driver or small pry
When I install a rotator I always leave a little space, about 1/4" between the bottom of the mast and the rotator. I use the bolts on the thrust bearing to hold the mast until I tighten the rotator b
I'd like to add a caution to using multiple thrust bearings and using a thrust bearing to hold the weight of the antenna system. Under some conditions this works just fine, but if the coefficient of