[TowerTalk] Yagi Stacks on Crankup Towers?

[Al Williams]

That wont work on the LM470 which the original poster has because the tops 
of the section tubes are "swaged" together and form the sliding part of the 
tower.

k7puc


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
To: "Gary Slagel" <gdslagel at yahoo.com>
Cc: "TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>; "Richard Karlquist" 
<richard at karlquist.com>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Yagi Stacks on Crankup Towers?


> Yes that's right.  The previous owner of the tower and TIC
> ring rotator had a 6 element 20 meter beam on the ring rotator
> on a windy mountain top, and the pegs held on just fine.
> Besides gravity holding them in, there is a clamp that
> goes on the outside of the tower rail, right at the top.
> There are adjustable arms that position the pegs to the
> size of the tower.
>
> I am "shocked" that a UST guy would be clueless :-)
>
> Rick N6RK
>
> Gary Slagel wrote:
>> Thanks Rick -
>>
>> Make sure I understand right... the ring rotator pegs
>> slip into tower tubing right at the top of the tower
>> section so the ring rotator ends up just a few inches
>> above that section.  That allows the tower section to
>> nest into the section below with no problems.
>>
>> The problem I saw was that there was only a few inches
>> of tower exposed when it was nested and that wasn't
>> enough to mount an antenna on.  Your solution sounds
>> like it gets around that.... right?
>>
>> I contacted a US Tower guy about this and he didn't
>> have any answers for me... surprised he wasn't aware
>> of this deal... Sounds perfect!!!
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> --- "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, you can get TIC ring rotators that mount with
>>> pegs
>>> that fit inside the tower tubing.  I have one of
>>> those
>>> for my HDX5106 that goes at the 57 ft level (top of
>>> 3rd
>>> section).
>>>
>>> Rick N6RK
>>>
>>> Gary Slagel wrote:
>>> > Does anyone have any idea if its possible to stack
>>> a
>>> > couple yagis on a crank up tower?  I'd really like
>>> to
>>> > be able to put something at about 50' and 70' but
>>> I'd
>>> > also really like to not have to climb a tower.
>>> Can't
>>> > figure out how to do it and still be able to nest
>>> the
>>> > tower when I crank it down.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks, Gary
>>> >
>>> > Gary Slagel/N0SXX
>>> > Lakewood, CO
>>> > http://marina.fortunecity.com/sanpedro/351
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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