[TowerTalk] Sidemount Clearance Diagram

[Barry Kutner]

And don't forget the TIC Ring, which allows 360 degree rotation. 
This avoids the problem of banging into the tower, using antennas 
with even number of elements, etc. They have updated their Web 
site recently at www.ticgen.com.
73 Barry (satisfied owner of 2 TIC rings)

On 9 May 00, at 8:11, Jay Terleski wrote:

> 
> Hi Stan
> 
> Stan or Patricia Griffiths wrote:
> > 
> 
>  Also, I once
> > had a small 3 element tribander mounted on a sidemount and I
> > mounted the boom quite far off center to get the required
> > element-to-tower clearance.  To take most of the "twist" out
> > of the arm due to the off center antenna, I trussed the
> > heavy end up to a second sidemount arm about 5 feet above
> > the one the boom was mounted on.  Of course, you have to
> > have a sidemount with two arms to do that.  Is there a
> > demand for a model like that?  We could build it . . .
> > 
> > Stan  w7ni@teleport.com
> 
> Stan,
> 
> This segways nicely into a product announcement.
> 
> Stan and the group. The double arm heavy duty version is already being
> built by Array Solutions.
> 
> See http://www.arraysolutions.com/products.htm  
> 
> And push the Side Mount button. I just put it up yesterday. It took me
> along time to get the CAD work done but it went together easily the
> first time.  Its universal in design in that it has the proper holes
> to mount on 25, 45 and 55G towers.  
> 
> We will have the galvanized version at Dayton.  Provided the
> Galvanizer gets the first 25 units done for me in time. I dropped them
> off yesterday and he promissed 5 day turn around. 
> 
> Jay, WX0B
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
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