[TowerTalk] Tower in the attic!

[Guy Olinger, K2AV]

The biggest thing that the tower accomplishes is a rigid, non-wobbling
pipe that on the outside as the mast/bearing pipe goes through the
roof. This is really necessary for the weather seal to work and stay
working.

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:36:56 -0500, you wrote:

>
>I agree with Gary (as below):
>
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>Looked at the article last night (but didn't read it yet).  What am I
>missing?  It would appear that the guy wasted a section of tower.  Why
>not put the rotor on the attic floor, where the base of the tower is
>anchored, and run the same mast through the roof in the same manner
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>
>The strength is in the mast not the tower section. In a wind this will bend
>if the material is like schedule 40 water pipe.   I don't
>know if the top sleeve of the tower helps the rotor (normally it dampens the
>side moments not the vertical moments) but the C-3S
>is so small not to push any rotor of the Ham-M type.   Two reasons I see.
>1.    No tower on top of the house,
>2.    The weight is distributed over a supported floor to four points.
>
>Still we need ideas such as this until the time that XYL's and CC&R's don't
>restrict towers.
>
>Dave K4JRB

--.  .-..
73, Guy

Guy Olinger, K2AV
k2av@contesting.com
Apex, NC, USA

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