[TowerTalk] mounting large antenna question

[Bill]

Howdy Paul,

Sorry for the delayed response. I was out of town.

Yep, I misread your message. Some antenna manufacturers provide this type of
mount for the truss. I think my old KLM 6 ele 15 had one provided but the 6
ele 10 did not. I agree with you that this is a very good process for
dealing with the problem. A further advantage is that if you want to mount
your antenna at the top of the mast, you can do so.  If you are going to use
the mast to hold up the truss, you have to mount the antenna down far enough
on the mast to mount the truss. The spacing between stacked antennas like 40
and 15 sometimes is pretty important.

I don't think Gary was going to stack antennas but I wish I had thought of
it when I was stacking my 2 ele 40M Cushcraft and Force 12 C3E. They don't
like each other much and I ended up having to rotate them 90 degrees from
each other.

Thanks for the info,

Bill, W5VX



>-----Original Message-----
>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of paul at w8aef.com
>Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 10:24 AM
>To: Bill; n5pht at simplynet.net; towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] mounting large antenna question
>
>tape
>> it to the boom near the boom to mast clamp so you can reach it easily
>when
>> you install the antenna. (I think this is what Paul, W8AEF, was
>> suggesting).
>>
>
>No.  I actually install a piece of aluminum angle about 3 feet long on the
>boom, near the boom to mast clamp.  One end clamped to the boom and the
>other end pointing straight up with 2 eyebolts at the top.  I then connect
>the truss cables to this support so when the antenna is raised to the tower
>the antenna is completely assembled.
>
>This way I do not have to mess around with the truss cables at the top of
>the tower, either when installing the antenna(s) or removing it.
>
>As a bonus, I can tilt my antennas while they are still on the tower for
>maintenance and not worry about the truss cables or the boom sag.
>
>de Paul, W8AEF
>
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