[TowerTalk] beam slippage

[WD0M]

I have a Yaesu G-1000 SDX, pinned at the mast, and it's held up great.  
In Alaska, 125 mph gusts didn't budge it/break it, and here in CO, it's 
withstood 89 mph gusts. 

Joe Hannigan - WDØM
Pagosa Springs, CO

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ab7r at cablespeed.com wrote:
> I've heard the Slip-Nott works pretty well.  
>
> I have an Orion 2800 and pinning the mast voids the warranty.  Not sure about the Yaesu though.  Also their mast 
> clamps are cast aluminim I believe and not sure how they would hold up under the torque.
>
> Champion Radio products makes a mast bracket replacement for the 2800 that should eliminate ANY slipping.  Maybe 
> they do one for the Yaesu also?
>
> GL!
>
> -------------------------
> 73,
> Greg - AB7R
> Whidbey Island WA
> NA-065
>
> On Tue Oct  2 16:12 , "bill rubin"  sent:
>
>   
>> The rotor is a yeasu dxa1000 so a realignment is not an option. Also I have
>> a 2m ssb above it so it would be nice to have both pointing same direction.
>> Either way, I will have to move the beam, but need to prevent it from
>> happening again.
>>
>> Some are suggesting another clamp brand Tennadyne Slipp-Nott.  But did not
>> know if putting a bolt through the mount plat and mast would help or be a
>> bad idea.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/2/07, Brad Pioveson W9FX w9fx at verizon.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> The answer - or, answers, as there can be more than one - depend on what
>>> kind of rotor you have, Bill, and, what kind of hardware you're using to
>>> secure the mast in that rotor's mast socket.
>>>
>>> 73, Brad, W9FX
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "bill rubin" brubin2010 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "TowerTalk" towertalk at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:12 PM
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] beam slippage
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Well I just mounted steppir 3 ele on the new tower and the next day we
>>>>         
>>> had
>>>       
>>>> a
>>>> storm with 30+ mph winds.  The  beam is now of by aprox. 10
>>>>         
>>> degrees.  What
>>>       
>>>> can I do to fix this ?
>>>>
>>>> 73's Bill
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