[TowerTalk] Recommendation for mast on bottom mount rotator
Mike Fatchett
mike at mallardcove.com
Tue Sep 19 22:53:48 EDT 2006
Mounting one antenna on one side of the mast and the next on the opposite
side etc so the boom to mast clamps alternate.
Mike W0MU
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary Schafer
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:50 PM
To: K7LXC at aol.com; towertalk at contesting.com; K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendation for mast on bottom mount rotator
> > Remember this mast has to do basically what the top mast does. It
> > is
> one
> long torsion bar.
> That and with a thrust bearing at the top the tower will end up
> supporting all the extra weight of the masting.
>
>
> Umm, I'll go with the long torsion bar. BTW, mounting
> antennas alternately up a mast goes a long ways to minimizing torque
> since they'll cancel each other out. (Article in QEX or QST by Dick
> Weber, K5IU, PE.)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
What do you mean by "mounting antennas alternately up a mast"? Pointing them
at 90 degrees to each other?
73
Gary K4FMX
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