And is easy to make a removable brace to replace it if wanted, and is
WONDERFUL for rotor repairs and replacements at a latter date. Mine is
like this, and I replaced my Ham IV by my self 2 months ago in under 2
hours from the time I started gathering the tools, till I was sipping a
cold one in the recliner.. 73/DX, Bruce
n4kg@juno.com wrote:
> To my mind, the BEST way to mount a rotor below the
> open space in R25 towers is to place the rotor plate
> at the TOP of the next lower section and to cut ONE
> of the horizontal braces at the bottom of the Top Section.
>
> This opens up a sufficiently large window for placement
> of the rotor with minimal reduction in tower strength since
> there is another horizontal brace (not to mention the rotor
> plate) only a few inches below at the top of the lower section
> and NO diagonal braces are cut.
>
> de Tom N4KG
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <w1nr@eecorp.com> writes:
> > This is what I meant. You can fit a T2X inside a 25G section, but
> > only if
> > you have some other access other than through the braces. I tried
> > for over
> > an hour to get a T2X 7' below the top of a 120' tower through the
> > braces.
> > There was no way it would fit. Sure it may fit through the top of
> > the flat
> > top, but how do you do that with 20' of 1/4" mast, a 40-2CD over a
> > 205BA
> > above the tower and 7' of mast inside without removing everything
> > from the
> > tower? You end up cutting a brace!
> >
> > Mike, W1NR
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> > [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Stan or Patricia
> > Griffiths
> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 5:13 PM
> > To: Jim; towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Reality Check
> >
> >
> > Jim wrote:
> >
> > > AHH....You are incorrect!
> > >
> > > I have my Tail Twister mounted at the bottom of the top section.
> > (The
> > rotor
> > > shelf is actually mounted on the top of the next to the last
> > section).
> > Fits
> > > fine....Had to cut no braces.
> > >
> > > In addition, The Rohn top sections with the flat bearing plate,
> > have an
> > area
> > > near the top that has no cross braces. Tail Twister also fits
> > there too.
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Jim W7RY
> >
> > I use the same mounting scheme for two T2X rotators on two of my
> > towers
> > where
> > the T2X's are mounted in 25G. I can see how you don't have to cut
> > braces
> > but
> > only if you mount the rotator first and then mount the top section
> > over the
> > top
> > of the rotator. I think you will find you will have to do some
> > cutting if
> > you
> > want to remove the rotator for service without removing the tower
> > top
> > section
> > first.
> >
> > Stan
> > w7ni@teleport.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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