[TowerTalk] Torque balancing made easy, was kt34xatorque balancing

[K8RI on Tower Talk]

I worry more about resonances in the mast and the antenna elements than 
torque.
I have room to spare with the rotor, but I'm pushing the limits for height 
above the tower.  With the wind loading even as heavy as that mast is, the 
thing really whips around. I'm surprised the 144 and 440 arrays haven't come 
apart already.

I'd like to replace the old TH-5 with a good 40 through 10 beam with at 
least 3 near full size elements on 40.  If I do that I'll probably take the 
144 and 440 arrays down so I'll just have the HF plus 6-meters above it.

73

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com

> At 12:01 PM 1/8/2005, K8RI on Tower Talk wrote:
>>I like the tried and true method of torque balancing.
>>
>>If the rotor and/or tower aren't being pushed to their limits, I like the 
>>"It looks good to me" approach.  IE, unless it's a potential problem with 
>>a really big antenna, or antenna system, why bother?
>
> It IS tried and true -- and truly the AMATEUR approach, but FB as long as 
> you don't put
> up anything that is really competitive or if you want to spend a lot of 
> time doing repairs.