Change antennas !
A 2L Quad has 1/3 the boom length and 1/2 the width of
the KT34XA. No tilt needed.
Tom N4KG
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 13:53:33 EDT K7LXC@aol.com writes:
> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>
> Here's a question that has never been asked on TowerTalk before!
> They're pretty rare but nonetheless pop up occasionally.
>
> What I need to do is to tilt a KT34A from its normal
> horizontally
> polarized position to a vertical position. The antenna will be
> mounted on a
> UST crank-up and the antenna needs to be vertical when the tower is
> down so
> the antenna can be "stored" in a vertical position when it's not
> being used.
> The problem is due to the fact that the antenna hangs over the
> neighbor's
> property and the neighbor has asked that it not be over his property
> when
> it's not being used.
>
> Okay. So what I've got is a moderately small triband antenna
> with a 3"
> boom. I want to use the Yaesu G-550 elevation rotator which has a
> boom
> capacity of 1-5/8" (1.625"). The options as I see them are: 1)
> convert the 3"
> boom to a 1-5/8" one or 2) put some sort of smaller boom splice in
> the KT34A
> so that the part of the antenna at the elevation rotator will fit
> thru it.
>
> Option 1 means that the 3" KLM insulated Lexan element brackets
> will
> either have to be scrapped or adapted to the smaller boomsize. Any
> ideas how
> to do either one?
>
> Option 2 means some 'cut-and-hack' work on the boom plus some
> machine
> shop fabrication but lets me use the rest of the existing boom and
> hardware.
>
> Wadda ya think? Can you think of any other options? All input
> appreciated.
>
> Cheers & tnx, Steve K7LXC
> Tower Tech
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