[TowerTalk] Vertical Automatic Tilt Over

[Alan Zack]

I used to live in a HOA/CC&R controlled townhouse.  I couldn't have a 
Ham antenna but could have a outside T.V. antenna.  I got a MFJ loop 
ant that is 36 inches in diameter.  I built a wooden 40 inch long fake 
T.V. antenna and attached it to the MFJ loop and put it up on the roof 
using a tripod and a 10 ft mast.  From the street it looked like any 
other T.V. antenna and I never heard from the HOA police.  I worked 
DXCC and most of the major DXpeditions using this antenna and it 
worked better than I expected.  The fake T.V. antenna was made from a 
40 inch long 1" X 1" with wooden dowels attached to look like T.V 
elements painted gold.

Richard Thorne wrote:

> I live in a restricted neighborhood but I would like to put up a 
> Cushcraft R8 or Hygain 640 10 through 40m vertical.
> 
> I plan on installing it on a tilt over mast so it will be out of site 
> when not in use,  I think the neighbors could live with that.
> 
> So I got to thinking it would be nice if I could hit a switch in the 
> shack to tilt it over or tilt it up.
> I was thinking I could sandwich a 2" alumium mast between a pair of 
> 4x4's with a bolt at the top for the hinge point.
> 
> Has anyone seen such a device.  I'm sure this will have to be home 
> brewed using an air cylinder or maybe a rotor and some limit switches.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> Rich Thorne
> ARS: N5ZC
> AMA: N5ZC
> Amarillo, TX
> 
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Alan Zack
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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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