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1. [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: John McCormick via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:11:06 +0000 (UTC); It was bound to happen, although I wasn't expecting it so soon. I experienced a rotor issue during the Sweepstakes contest last weekend when a visitor was operating my station in a multi-operator eff; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00294.html (9,173 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:55:10 -0500; You really do not need a gin pole (assuming the rotator is inside the tower. You only need to remove the weight of the mast on the rotator. loosen the two mast clamps enough to be able to lift the ma; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00295.html (9,155 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:22:19 -0800; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 It was bound to happen, although I wasn't expecting it so soon. I experienced a rotor issue during the Sweepstakes contest last weekend when a visitor was oper; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00299.html (9,781 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: Alan Swinger <awswinger@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 08:11:44 -0500 (GMT-05:00); If your TX-455 nests like my TX-472 does, you will not likely be able to get the rotator out without extending the tower to get access. This is easy when the tower is tilted over (did it this summer); /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00307.html (12,174 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:23:04 -0800; then climb it. Jim VE7RF If your TX-455 nests like my TX-472 does, you will not likely be able to get the rotator out without extending the tower to get access. This is easy when the tower is tilted; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00308.html (12,135 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:36:50 -0500; I made a hinged mount that lets the yagi come to the ground horizontally. They're also available commercially. Google is your friend. Blocking at the bottom may not catch an inner section. Mike NF4L; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00312.html (13,537 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: "Don " <w7wll@arrl.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:00:01 -0800; John, I've two beams (a TH7DXX and A3WS on my HG-70HD plus a 16 foot 2M monopole). I lay the tower over till the reflector of the TH7DXX is just off the ground. I supplement the layover fixture doubl; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00314.html (13,578 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: Dan Hearn <n5ardxcc@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:12:04 -0800; http://www.sdxa.org/?p=265 The TX472 is on the left side of the picture. It is also possible to rent a Man lift to access the rotor with the tower extended enough to access the rotator. I have seen a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00316.html (11,953 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: "Paul Veal M.Ed N0AH" <bryonveal@msn.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 07:26:05 -0700; I found out the hard way that tilting a tower, sideways on a pitched roof, has a bit of an extra pull of force, or slip, as soon as the tower begins to tilt past the roof line- we were lowering with; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00369.html (14,226 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor swap query (score: 1): Author: Mike Rhodes <weightdn@roadrunner.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 08:52:56 -0500; John, I doubt you will be able to lift the array. Hopefully the weight of the array is not all on the rotor. If that is the case, I would take a muffler or boom clamp the size of the mast and attach; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00372.html (10,909 bytes)

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