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Re: [TowerTalk] Raising Mast

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Raising Mast
From: <donovanf@starpower.net>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 07:02:37 -0400 (EDT)
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Bob,

The cast aluminum Ham 4 lower mast mount  W I L L   F A I L  if you install a 
10 foot steel mast and beam above it.

You can mount a long mast with a top-mounted beam on a Ham 4, but only
if the Ham 4 is mounted inside a tower, and the mast is supported above
the rotator.

73
Frank
W3LPL


>AD5VJ Bob wrote:

>> I worked on getting my beam higher this weekend and came upon a clitch after 
>> a whole days work getting everything prepared to go up.
>> 
>> 
>> I have a 22' (very strong) fiberglass push up mast to which I mounted my Ham 
>> 4 Rotor, and then mounted a 10 foot section of
>> galvanized steel pipe to the top of the rotor hoping to get 30 feet or so in 
>> height out of the whole thing.  
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