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Re: [TowerTalk] Crankup towers-- tiltover

To: "'Mark Robinson'" <markrob@mindspring.com>,"'Dan Hearn'" <dhearn@air-pipe.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crankup towers-- tiltover
From: "Larry stowell" <lclarks@nc.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 11:49:47 -0400
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If you sign up on yahoo SteppIR group and look in the picture section, under 
N4ZZK. He has 2
versions and a power point presentation. I have my version under my old call 
WA2SRY. I just sent
some pictures to Aluma Towers, I was trying to find the part number for the SS 
hinge they use for
there tilt over. This is what I used for my plate. They wanted to evaluate the 
assembly for possible
manufacturing in the future.

I can send pictures. This approach won't work with multiple antenna's on a 
mast. I used a very
simple approach 2 aluminum plates and a hinge. I haven't found the need for any 
latching mechanism,
there hasn't been any "lifting" during any wind. If we had any hurricane winds 
I would turn the boom
plate into the wind.

Larry K1ZW
Durham, NC 

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com 
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Robinson
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 10:20 PM
To: Dan Hearn
Cc: TowerTalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crankup towers-- tiltover

Where did you get the tilt heads from?


thanks  Mark N1UK G3ZZM


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Hearn" <dhearn@air-pipe.com>
To: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@optonline.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, 01 September, 2007 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crankup towers-- tiltover


> Interesting idea Jim. Come to think of it, I have tilt heads on all of my
> yagis so could tilt the Yagi over, tie it in that position, then tilt the
> tower over if desired. I still think it is simpler to just lower the yagi
> vertically and avoid unbolting and tilting the tower. To each his own, Hi
> 73, DAn, N5AR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jim Jarvis
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 6:08 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crankup towers-- tiltover
> 
> 
> 
> On my Rohn 45G foldover in Vermont, I fabricated a bracket
> system which kept the yagi horizontal,while the tower folded
> over.
> 
> This allowed full lowering, and prevented skewering the roof
> when the tower folded over, plus walking height maintenance.
> 
> The idea was published in one form, in RadCom, back in the late
> 90's.  I took pics and wrote an article on my variant of it,
> for QST, but never submitted it for publication.  Still have
> the pics,somewhere, I believe.
> 
> If TT feels it's worth publishing, as a concept, I'll
> submit it to QST.
> 
> If anyone needs specific details/pics, I'll look for
> same.  I know where the prototype is, and can recover
> it, if needed.
> 
> N2EA
> 
> 
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> The Morse Group, LLC
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