[TowerTalk] Crankup towers-- tiltover

Mark Robinson markrob at mindspring.com
Sat Sep 1 22:20:25 EDT 2007


Where did you get the tilt heads from?


thanks  Mark N1UK G3ZZM


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Hearn" <dhearn at air-pipe.com>
To: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis at optonline.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, 01 September, 2007 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crankup towers-- tiltover


> Interesting idea Jim. Come to think of it, I have tilt heads on all of my
> yagis so could tilt the Yagi over, tie it in that position, then tilt the
> tower over if desired. I still think it is simpler to just lower the yagi
> vertically and avoid unbolting and tilting the tower. To each his own, Hi
> 73, DAn, N5AR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jim Jarvis
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 6:08 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crankup towers-- tiltover
> 
> 
> 
> On my Rohn 45G foldover in Vermont, I fabricated a bracket
> system which kept the yagi horizontal,while the tower folded
> over.
> 
> This allowed full lowering, and prevented skewering the roof
> when the tower folded over, plus walking height maintenance.
> 
> The idea was published in one form, in RadCom, back in the late
> 90's.  I took pics and wrote an article on my variant of it,
> for QST, but never submitted it for publication.  Still have
> the pics,somewhere, I believe.
> 
> If TT feels it's worth publishing, as a concept, I'll
> submit it to QST.
> 
> If anyone needs specific details/pics, I'll look for
> same.  I know where the prototype is, and can recover
> it, if needed.
> 
> N2EA
> 
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