[TowerTalk] 8 pin rotor quick disconnects

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/29/03 8:52:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time, k3bz at arrl.net 
writes:

> Maybe that's because the rotator manufacturer didn't say to pin it? (refer
>  to K7LXC's Law...) 

    Actually the Yaesus come with a long bolt just for that purpose. The main 
problem is that the mast clamps are easy to damage so they need all the help 
they can get. 

    I've never been able to get an M2 Orion rotator mast clamp to stay tight 
for very long so I've started pinning them too. My opinion is that the bolts 
stretch so no matter how secure the nuts are, the mast is eventually gonna slip 
:-(

Cheers,
Steve      K7LXC
TOWER TECH