[TowerTalk] 8 pin rotor quick disconnects

[Jerry Keller]

OK, so my elbow-poking comes back into my own ribs... ow!
Instead of kidding around, I should have taken the time to read further in
the manual for the Yaesu G-800DXA rotator I'm in the process of installing.
In the illustration on page 11, it very clearly shows a long 9mm bolt
(supplied) going through the mast clamps AND through the mast.
Oh, well, live and learn. :-)  Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
To: <k3bz at arrl.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 8 pin rotor quick disconnects


> 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