Jim,
every time I see those pictures of a Telex rotor on a pipe mount (that
piece attached to the bottom of the rotor grabbing a vertical pipe for
mounting) and then a mast with an antenna on it above the rotor I cringe...
the only thing I do not like about out of tower (tree) rotors
is that there is nothing to hold onto the mast if you don't have the rotor
there...on a tree this is extra crucial.
the ongoing debates as to whether or not two thrust bearings on a tower all
point to the stability achieved by having two points of stability for your
mast far outweighing one certainly quantum leap when you have nothing
stabilizing a mast above rotor....if you mount to a tree in my opinion you
might as well marry a top section of tower to the top of the tree as a
means to obtain this stabilizing your mast really outta have!
73,
Jim, K4OJ
k4oj@ij.net
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