[TowerTalk] Swinging gate side mounts

Stephen Vinson kd4wiw@ipass.net
Tue, 02 Dec 1997 20:38:22 -0800


Gary A. Nieborsky PE wrote:
 
I'm starting into next years tower projects and want to know if anyone
has tried this:
 
I want to move my TIC rotor down to rotate a second KT34XA but to do so
means side mounting my 40-2CD (which now rotates on the TIC) on a
swinging gate contraption.  Unfortunately the existing TIC position is
right above the top guy mount and to keep the existing boom height I
think I'll need to mount the side mount bracket above the guy bracket
and hang the beam below the rotor.
 
Forgive the artwork......AutoCAD is my choice of drawing media.
 
|
|
|----|
|    |        <------ sidemount swinging thingy
|    |
|    |________
|    |             |
|----|             |
| \                 O  <------ 40-2CD
|   \
|     \
|       \
          \
            \
 
Anybody done this?  Does the IIX mount allow for this?
 
Thanks!
 
73 Gary K7FR
 
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Gary

What type of tower and what are the dimentions of the antenna?  Do you
want the side mount arm to swing or simply hold off the rotor? 

I have seen side arms on Rohn 25G that held TV antennas for cable
company
that were 21' long and were end mounted.  I have several swing mounts
that I have made to allow verticle antennas to be serviced at the tower
and swung out to use.  I can provide drawings or GIF / JPG images if
anyone would like to see them.  

Gary drop me what you are thinking of and I will respond directly

Steve 
KD4WIW

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