Makes me think of the guys and gals with rotating towers, no rotators and
solidly fixed yagis. Wonder how accurate the ‘pointing’ is with these towere
compared to we with sloppy rotator gearing and other fixed or crankup tower
slop issues.
By the way, in spite of the sorta off topic N discussion, there were some
really good tidbits of information that I bet many of us found quite useful and
interesting. Thanks folks for sharing and the good humor too!
I do have one question. Does my (currently on sawhorses) Rohn FK-25A foldover
tower qualify under Towertalk or Crankup Towertalk? When I work on this next
summer I certainly want to be on the right reflector.
Don W7WLL
From: Wayne Kline
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 1:36 PM
To: charlie@thegallos.com ; Don
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] north
WOW... I apologize to all TT'ers for kicking off this North finding facts.
All the feedback are enlightening.
With that now fleshed out.. another problem is rising it's ugly head
A: The foul deterring OWL and it's installed position ?
B: The Hue/color od the reflective Eye's ?
I have opted for the deluxe
http://www.gemplers.com/product/221414/Solar-powered-Owl-Rotating-Head
and I am reading the TT for insight in banding the control lines to the tower
.
But at least the rotation head issue is no longer a concern :)
Wayne W3EA
> ...snip...
> > I've obviously missed earlier discussion on the owl. I see a few refs to
> > N.
> > What am I missing?
>
> For those of us with a problem with birds perching on out antennas (what
> is the max load of pigeons on a D-140? Anyone know?) it was suggested
> that we put a plastic owl on our masts, but most have found it doesn't
> work. Which lead to the discussion that the owl only works properly if it
> points exactly towards true north. Hence needing a true north facing owl.
> Of course, the way you do this is with a wench holding a wrench (folks
> asking about a tower WINCH, but making the two most common typos)
>
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