[TowerTalk] silly LM470 question

[gdaught6 at stanford.edu]

On 27 Jul 2003 at 10:26, Al Williams wrote:

> The rods stick out and are bent down and sits at any
> of the towers rungs.  My two LM470's came without any method to bolt
> them securely, relying only on gravity.  This makes it a bit difficult
> to work on the rotator/mast when the tower is tilted over as gravity
> is working against holding the plate in place.
> 
> I would like to learn if anyone else has this version and if they have
> devised a method to securely bolt the plate to the tower

Yes, I have this sort of a "mounting" scheme, and it's worked fine for some years 
now.  I've used a couple of big nylon tie-wraps to hold the plate in place so it doesn't 
flop around.  When the tower is vertical, gravity seems to be a satisfactory method of 
holding the plate.

73,