My guess is that it is part of the spreader in the linear loading system. I
haven't been up on the roof to see mine in a couple of years, but the part
does sound familiar, and I vaguely remember it holding the insulator ends
that attach to the wires so that the wires are spread about 4 ft apart. It
runs parallel to the boom and is held by the little "stand" that is welded
to the element-to-boom attachment bracket.
Ron N6AHA
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Reid <jreid@aloha.net>
To: TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; force12@tcsn.net
<force12@tcsn.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 3:22 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] C4 Complete, but...
>
>Aloha,
>
>But, I have two lengths of tubing left over??
>
>Each is a 48" length of 3/4"OD tube; each
>has a 21" length of tubing slipped over it.
>One end of the 21" tube is 2" from one
>end of the 48" tube; the other end is
>25" from the opposite end of the 48"
>length. There are a few 1/8"
>rivet holes drilled along the lengths,
>including a couple which pass through
>both tubes.
>
>There are three rivet holes in the inner,
>longer tube, very near the end of the
>outer tube, near the center of the
>long,48" tube.
>
>One of these assemblies is labeled A,
>other B. But unlike every other tube
>which came in the C4 kit, there is
>no element number.
>
>Per my measurements, all eight elements on
>the C4 are the correct length, so I have
>no idea for what these two left over assemblies
>might be included.
>
>Somebody will probably write back and say
>something like, "you dummy, didn't you
>read the manual all the way through"! I
>think I have, several times, hi.
>
>I finished the linear loading set up this morning;
>put black tape over the exposed PVC, and
>now am ready to put on the baluns, attach
>the coax, and hoist all into the air. Probably
>on Friday afternoon, or Saturday.
>
>73, Jim, KH7M
>On the Garden Island of Kauai
>
>
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