What would you recommend? Can I do it with a small RAK?
73/jeff/ac0c
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From: Kelly Taylor
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 12:44 AM
To: Jeff AC0C
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] T2X rotor for DB-36?
Trees or not, I think I’d be leery of using a T2X for a DB-36.
The DB-36 is not a small nor light antenna, 160 pounds and a 26-foot turning
radius equates to 4,160 foot-pounds on the rotator, about 1,000 foot-pounds
more than the spex on the T2X suggest.
Can you get away with it? Hell, yes. Anything will turn anything. My CD-45
II will turn it.
But the question is for how long?
The T2X brake will hold it in place when it’s not turning, but the size and
weight of the antenna will put significant stress on the gears during start
cycles, irrespective of how much or how little wind the antenna sees.
We won’t even mention what is likely to happen if your finger slips off the
brake release while 4,160 foot-pounds is still turning…
I remain to be convinced that anything made by the Mighty Fine Junk people
is adequate for an antenna this heavy.
73, kelly
ve4xt
On Aug 28, 2015, at 11:42 PM, Jeff AC0C <keepwalking188@ac0c.com> wrote:
Is a tailtwister T2X adequate to turn a DB36?
The beam the guy is putting would be located just slightly below the top
of the surrounding trees in a residential neighborhood so I don’t expect
the beam to see normal “open air” wind stresses.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
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