[TowerTalk] 8 pin rotor quick disconnects

[Jerry Keller]

I'm fortunate to have a tiltover tower, so the mast will be horizontal for
assembly into the mast clamps. Would that be the best time to drill the hole
through the mast?   Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr at contesting.com>
To: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz at arrl.net>; <K7LXC at aol.com>;
<towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 8 pin rotor quick disconnects


> At 05:11 PM 8/29/03 -0400, Jerry Keller wrote:
> >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. :-)
>
>
> Don't feel bad, Jerry.  Both of mine are pinned, but in each case the
idiot
> who drilled the mast got the hole just far enough off line so that I
> couldn't get the bolt through.  I was the idiot in the second case, but
the
> first one was a supposed machinist....  I wound up using a smaller
diameter
> bolt in each case to do the pinning.  It has worked OK so far (8 years in
> one case).
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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