[TowerTalk] rohn 25 flat or tapered top section

[Bill Coleman]

On 12/1/01 5:57 PM, steve sala at stetrekve@yahoo.com wrote:

>My tower has a tapered Rohn 25AG2 top section.  I am
>going to put a Force 12 5BAD on top with a 8 element 2
>meter beam 12 feet above it and a comet 2/440 vertical
>at the apex.  The tapered top section will not take
>the Rohn thrust bearing but I could put another rotor
>plate inside the tower with a thrust bearing. 

You probably don't need it. The tapered top section will do the work that 
a thrust bearing would.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
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