Jon,
I disagree. The plate I use is mounted near the TOP of my Rohn 25 top
section, the section with the flat top.
I do agree that it would be nice to mount it at the bottom....where it wont
fit... without having to cut the Z braces!
73,
Joe, W1JR
At 12:00 AM 1/14/2003 -0600, Jon Ogden wrote:
>I discovered this myself. Here's what I learned.
>
>The rotor plate is specifically designed to be installed in the bottom part
>of a Rohn top section. The bottom part of the top section lacks a couple of
>the "z" truss structural elements. You can then get the rotor plate mounted
>in there. That is where you should mount the rotor. Any other place and it
>will not fit.
>
>73,
>
>Jon
>NA9D
>
>on 1/13/03 7:54 PM, K1JB at k1jb@maine.rr.com wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to put a triangular shaped Rohn rotator plate (accessory shelf
> > AS25G) near the middle of a standard Rohn 25G section. But no matter how I
> > twist and turn it, I can't get it to fit anywhere within the diagonal
> > braces.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a way to do it without cutting the tower braces?
> >
> > The exact position is not critical; I would just prefer not to have to put
> > it at the bottom of the section and have less mast available above the
> > thrust bearing at the top.
> >
> > Tnx es 73,
> > Joe, K1JB
> >
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