Fw: [TowerTalk] 8 pin rotor quick disconnects

[W1GOR]

In auto racing, this gear box condition is known as a BOX FULL OF NEUTRAL..!

73, Larry - W1GOR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz at arrl.net>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <K7LXC at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 18:05
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 8 pin rotor quick disconnects


> is this planned obsolesence (did I spell that right)
>
> The weakest length when torque hits the mast is the one that will
> give...if you pin at the rotor I guess you had better hope the boom to
> mast connection slips under high winds otherwise you'll get a bucket of
> gears and bolts for a rotor!
>
> K4OJ
>
>
>
> 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. :-)  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
> >
> >
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