[TowerTalk] Thanks All!

[Chuck Rippel]

Thank you everyone for your taking the time to respond to my post.  

The consensus is to put up a TH-11 on another tower.  While I have 
never been a fan of Hy-Gain antennas due largely to their small 
diameter 2" booms which don't seem to last through our winds, that 
may be an idea.

RE: My waterpipe....  I have had that piece of waterpipe since I was 
a young ham at 18.  I am now 43.  It has held up everything from a 
4 EL wide spaced tri-band quad to a KT-34 through no less than 5 
hurricanes.

With memories of pictures of bent masts in my mind, I agree 
with not stacking antennas on it.  However, I am not troubled by the 
current configuration.

Remember, fully 1/2 of the pipe is down inside the tower as the rotor 
is at the 90' level.  The antenna boom to mast coupler is mounted 
about 1" above the thrust bearing.  While water pipe does bend, it 
does not twist.

If the pipe were to bend over due to high winds, based on its 
existing track record, the antenna/mast/tower would be the very least 
of my worries.....  

Again, 73 and thanks to all!
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Chuck Rippel, WA4HHG
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