[TowerTalk] Middle Bearing Plate; was Rohn 45 Question

[Doug Rehman]

The 12' of aluminum is at the top- the Chromemolly is in the tower. The
aluminum portion of the mast has VHF/UHF antennas mounted on it; probably
the heaviest thing on the top 12'of the mast is the FAA OB2 lights a foot
down from the top.

Doug
K4AC

> From: john at kk9a.com [mailto:john at kk9a.com]
> 
> Is the aluminum on the rotator side of the mast or the top?   Hopefully
> the
> Chromemolly is on the bottom.  If the 6' piece in the tower is bowing,
> the
> 24' sticking out of the tower must really be bowing.   You could
> minimize
> this by using a 3" mast.
> 
> John KK9A