Steve,
What you suggest works and I have used that procedure, but it only works
if the thread on the U bolt is long enough to capture the eye of the
turnbuckle. Most as found U bolts that I have do not have excess
length.
Doug
I'll run the race and I will never be the same again.
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K7LXC@aol.com
Sent: July 22, 2010 5:03 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com; john@kk9a.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Truss clamp for 2" mast ??
In a message dated 7/22/2010 5:25:02 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> For my homebrew antennas I fasten a small plate of aluminum to the
mast
with
a u-bolt. The plate has holes on each end and I connect a 3/8 EJ
turnbuckle
to each side of the plate for the boom truss. For larger antennas I
mount
a
piece to angle stock to the mast, perpendicular to the boom and use two
turnbuckles on each half of the boom (four total) to create a V truss.
You don't even need any kind of plate. Just mount the eye of the
turnbuckle on the end of the U-bolt and use a big washer to capture it
under the
nut and you're good to go!
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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