[TowerTalk] Re: Long mast, intermediate bearing

[N5JA@contesting.com (Jon Barclay N5JA)]

GORDENH1 wrote:
> 
>         i always thought the thrust bearing was to give the mast some side
> support and keep it from binding when the mast went thru the hole in the tower
> top plate??

Webster sez:

  thrust bearing, Mach. a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to
  the axis of revolution.

I interpret this to mean the "weight" of the mast/antenna.

73,
Jon

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Jon A. Barclay  N5JA  (ex-AA5BL)
N5JA@contesting.com

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