On 06/08/05 10:04 am Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS) tossed the following
ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
> On 06/08/05 07:37 am David Robbins K1TTT tossed the following
> ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
>
>
>>> *Don't rely on the bearing's set screw to support any of the dead
>>>weight of the mast/antenna/coax.
>
>
>>Ummmm, it wouldn't be much of a 'thrust' bearing if the set screws couldn't
>>hold the weight of the mast.
>
>
> The thrust bearings I have seen are almost capable of supporting a heavy
Oops! I meant " . . . almost *certainly* capable . . ."
Alan
> load, but they had no integral means of clamping the mast: there was a
> separate "collar" secured to the mast by set screws, and this collar
> then rested against the center part of the bearing.
>
> In normal operation, wouldn't the rotator itself support most of the
> downward force?
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