Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TowerTalk] TIC and TH-7

To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TIC and TH-7
From: Doug Grant <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:27:58 +0000
List-post: <towertalk@contesting.com">mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
WC1M wrote:

> I have a friend who did it. He put a spare piece of mast in the TIC cradle
> and used a couple of vertical pipes at either end to connect to the TH-7
> boom on either side of the central matching network. So, the mast lies
> horizontally in the cradle and the boom is mounted above it. The mast is
> about 5' or so long (enough to clear the central portion of the matching
> network). The pipes are maybe 8"-9". I think he just used u-bolts to make
> all the connections.

K1WHS had a problem with his tower (and possibly the rings) degrading
the performance of his 6M TIC-ring-mounted beams.

He came up with an ingenious out-of-the-box solution, suspending the
beams below the rings. There are photos at

http://www.directivesystems.com/50MHZ.htm

Something like this might work for your TH7.

73,

Doug K1DG
_______________________________________________



_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>