[TowerTalk] Side mounting

[Stan or Patricia Griffiths]

Hi Ken,

The amount of "free boom space" you need to get 300 degrees rotation from a
swinging gate sidemount is equal to two times the total of the  tower face
width plus the distance the center of the rotator is from the tower leg, or
about 80 inches, in your case.

You might want to take a look at the clearance diagram on my web page:

http://www.reprise.com/antronics/sidemount_clearance.asp

Stan
w7ni@teleport.com

Ken Eigsti wrote:

> HNY TTians;
> Need the experience of tribander owners.
>
> I have a humonguous tower (34" on a side, triangular) and have a side mount
> @ 50'. Side mount is homemade and is very sturdy. Currently there is an A4s
> on the side mount with HAM IV. The problem is the tower is so wide that the
> antenna has very limited turning without the driven element hitting the
> side of the tower. I was wondering if anyone knows of any tribander where
> there is a pretty good space between the frist element and the center
> boom/mast mount? If that first element from the mount was further out on
> the boom, the turning radius would be greater.
>
> My Force 12 C36XR has an element very close to the mount, so I assume the
> Force 12 tribanders would not be an improvment in turning radius.
>
> Any thoughts on other models of tribanders that might be an improvement
> over the A4s? Thanks
> 73 Ken
> W0LSD
>
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