[TowerTalk] ham4 into 25g??

David Robbins K1TTT k1ttt at arrl.net
Sat Sep 2 18:56:42 EDT 2006




I think it was a ham 4 I did that with once, turn and twist and pry a bit,
but it finally slipped through.  It may be easier to take out the rotor
plate, put the rotor in at the next joint down and bring it up to the mast
then put the rotor plate under it.

David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Clint Talmadge
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 22:47
> To: Steve Litwins; TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ham4 into 25g??
> 
> I don't think it will fit without cutting a brace, which you do not want
> to
> do. However, I am curious why you would want to have all that mast down in
> the tower where it will twist in the wind.  If the mast is overly long,
> let
> it stick out the top and mount the antennas low on it, just over the
> tower.
> I saw one installation where the fellow had a 20' mast with about 6' above
> the bearing.  A Sommer antenna with about a 16' boom would wind that mast
> up
> and we would watch the end of boom move in a 45 degree swing, back and
> forth
> till the oscillations died down.
> 
> my 2 cents and worth every penny you paid for it. ;^)
> Clint - W5CPT
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Litwins" <litwins2 at cox.net>
> To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 5:11 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] ham4 into 25g??
> 
> 
> > TT-ers...is it possible to get a Ham IV into a 25g down in the bracing?
> I
> > wud like to mount the rotor abt 1/2 way dn in the top section, but it
> does
> > not seem to fit in through the bracing (too fat).  Anybody worked out
> this
> > puzzle?  73/dx
> > steve, k8wk
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