[TowerTalk] Glen Martain

[Charles L. Mills]

I ran into the same problem when I bought my Glenn Martin 5 years ago - I just bought one of the Yaesu one's and have had no problems ever since.


Chuck / W3YNI


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> >I just bought me a roof top tower from Glen Martain. They are out of thrust 
> >bearings and wont have any for about 6-9 months can I use any thrust 
> >bearing?  Iam going to use a Yaseu rotor for a  4 element crush craft  or a 
> >3 element STEPPIR..
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> Yaesu makes a nice, but light duty thrust bearing.  I'd assume it'd be 
> adequate for what you describe.
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> > DO I use one to match the rotor or the tower?  Iam confused
> > Dave
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> The rotor mounts down in the tower and the thrust bearing at the top.  It 
> takes the side thrust and eliminates the leverage (tipping moment) at the 
> rotor.  In some cases it helps to support the load, which you shouldn't be a 
> problem with a simple installation.  Some towers come with a pipe, or sleeve 
> at the top of the top section.  This serves as a good, simple, and effective 
> thrust bearing for most ham type installations.
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> Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL Life Member)
> N833R World's oldest Debonair
> www.rogerhalstead.com
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> See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather 
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> and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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