[Towertalk] Rotating a 40-meter dipole
Don Havlicek
n8de at thepoint.net
Wed Sep 29 10:06:50 EDT 2004
90 degrees will NOT get you 360 degrees of coverage.
You will need 135 degrees to accomplish that.
You can side-mount a rotor to one tower leg and place the dipole on top
of the rotor. 120 degrees of rotation is possible, limited only by the
dipole leg's distance from the tower.
Don
N8DE
Larry Bush wrote:
> I'm planning on building up a full size 40-meter dipole to side mount at the 65-foot level of a Rohn 45 tower. Since I only need to rotate dipole 90 degrees I'm thinking about the possibility of using a satellite dish actuator instead or a standard antenna rotor.
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> Appreciate any pro/con feedback.
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> Larry, W5NCD
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