Yes that's right. The previous owner of the tower and TIC
ring rotator had a 6 element 20 meter beam on the ring rotator
on a windy mountain top, and the pegs held on just fine.
Besides gravity holding them in, there is a clamp that
goes on the outside of the tower rail, right at the top.
There are adjustable arms that position the pegs to the
size of the tower.
I am "shocked" that a UST guy would be clueless :-)
Rick N6RK
Gary Slagel wrote:
> Thanks Rick -
>
> Make sure I understand right... the ring rotator pegs
> slip into tower tubing right at the top of the tower
> section so the ring rotator ends up just a few inches
> above that section. That allows the tower section to
> nest into the section below with no problems.
>
> The problem I saw was that there was only a few inches
> of tower exposed when it was nested and that wasn't
> enough to mount an antenna on. Your solution sounds
> like it gets around that.... right?
>
> I contacted a US Tower guy about this and he didn't
> have any answers for me... surprised he wasn't aware
> of this deal... Sounds perfect!!!
>
> Gary
>
> --- "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, you can get TIC ring rotators that mount with
>> pegs
>> that fit inside the tower tubing. I have one of
>> those
>> for my HDX5106 that goes at the 57 ft level (top of
>> 3rd
>> section).
>>
>> Rick N6RK
>>
>> Gary Slagel wrote:
>> > Does anyone have any idea if its possible to stack
>> a
>> > couple yagis on a crank up tower? I'd really like
>> to
>> > be able to put something at about 50' and 70' but
>> I'd
>> > also really like to not have to climb a tower.
>> Can't
>> > figure out how to do it and still be able to nest
>> the
>> > tower when I crank it down.
>> >
>> > Thanks, Gary
>> >
>> > Gary Slagel/N0SXX
>> > Lakewood, CO
>> > http://marina.fortunecity.com/sanpedro/351
>> >
>> >
>> >
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