Howdy, I find myself in the embarrassing position of having to correct a stupid mistake that was made when my TH7 was reassembled after repairs from storm damage. As we were bolting the TH7 to the ma
Author: "J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT" <w2ttt@att.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:24:43 -0800
Bob, Why not fix it? You're going to be adding a 40m antenna to replace the verticals anyway. Cost of domestic peace is to make you both happy! Go for the 40m yagi and fix the TH7! Thanks & 73, Gordo
Had the same thing here, but not that far off from horizontal. Just climbed the tower, loosened the boom u-bolts, rotated the boom and retightened. 73, Tim - N3XX Howdy, I find myself in the embarras
The only real problem I see is if the upward angled elements could collect water inside, maybe freeze and split...? -Tony, K1KP _______________________________________________ _______________________
Hi Tim, retightened. That can't be done! The TH7 has bolts through the boom for alignment at the boom to mask fitting, only the elements can be changed to realign to horizontal. I have photos of mine
Yes, Bob emailed me, saying the same thing. I never owned a TH7, so didn't know about the bolts through the boom. Hope someone else has a good solution other than lowering the antenna to realign the
If you have to go up to the boom to mast clamp anyway, why not just rotate the boom in the clamp? 73 Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ _____________________________________
The TH7 boom is pinned in the clamp with two bolts and cannot be rotated. Bob _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list To
Now I need to go look at my TH5. I think they use the same arrangement. If it's not a joint, I'd take the pin out and rotate the boom depending on how tight the clamp holds. I know right where the ma