Bummer. I put up a TH-11DX antenna this fall and have been having a ball
with it...it's terrific. Unfortunately, we had a bit of a storm this
weekend with winds gusting into the low 40's. The load on the rotator
sheared three of its bolts off. The antenna was sitting on a retracted
crank-up tower and the rotator is a Ham-IV. According to the specs, it
should be able to handle this wind loading. Sooo...I have the following
questions that, perhaps, someone can help me with.
1. Is the Ham-IV, indeed, strong enough to handle this antenna?
2. Shouldn't these bolts have been strong enough to hold up? For
whatever it's worth, they have held OK for 9 years while I had my KT-34A up.
The only thing I can think of is that maybe they loosened up and then
sheared.
3. Any idea as to how to back out the sheared-off bolts? They are not
sticking out of the holes.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Gerry, W1XY
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