Thanks to all for taking a moment to offer advice. What I’m hearing confirms my thoughts against pinning the rotor to the mast. I’ll be up on the tower this weekend taking that bolt out. 

Good luck to all in SS this weekend. Wish I could be there to help. Hope to have everything up and running here soon. 
de Jim -WX6V-


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On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 4:32 PM, Dennis King <n6kdham@gmail.com> wrote:

Personally, I always pin my rotors to the antennas because I have had several experiences where the antenna was rotating in the wind (without any help) and the coax was broken and wound around the mast.  When this occurs, I cannot fold over my towers and have the boom pointing down which means that it is very easy to bend elements.  Unfortunately, I did have to repair several Ham M rotors because the brakes were damaged.  I now use Prop Pitch rotors which are almost impossible to damage and the pinning does not affect the brakes.  I  also use hardened bolts; the cheap bolts just shear.  I have only broken one hardened bolt. I am also in a highly exposed location on top of a butte and get lots of wind.

73,  Dennis N6KD

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Jim Venneman <wx6v@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Greetings,
Here at WX6V, I’m getting the antenna system up and running again, with the invaluable help of George - KI6CG and Dennis - WU6X.

Now that the new Yaesu G-1000DXA rotor is installed in the tower - I’m wondering about the wisdom of following Yaesu’s instructions to pin the mast to the rotor. I did that but am having second thoughts. Seems like that may put undue stress on the rotor during windy conditions. 

I appreciate any insight others may have on this subject based on experience pinning masts to rotors. 

Thanks!!
de Jim -WX6V-

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