[TowerTalk] Orion 2800 replacement mast clamp available

[Dino Darling]

Kurt has one too...
http://www.k7nv.com/proppitch/id35.htm
I've used Kurt's on his prop pitch rotors and they work great!  All 
that surface area against the mast makes for an excellent system.

Steve, I would like to see elongated holes to center the clamp for 
use of DX Engineering's saddle clamps.
http://www.dxengineering.com/Products.asp?ID=14&SecID=1&DeptID=39

The saddle clamps also give you a larger surface area against the 
mast.  You could have used half as many clamps if not 
more.  Unfortunately, those saddle clamps would move the center of 
mast away from true center and you now have binding issues.  If you 
have time to make some minor changes, you have a winner of a product 
at a good price.


Dino - KX6D

At 03:59 PM 1/28/2009, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
>Howdy -
>
>     If you're the owner of an M2 Orion 2800 rotator,  chances are excellent
>that your antenna system has slipped in the wind at some  point. The factory
>mast clamp has 2 fatal flaws: 1) the clamping teeth are not  aligned and have
>less than 0.5 square inches of actual clamping surface; and 2)  the 
>nut and bolt
>surfaces are dimpled which flatten over time so the fasteners  loosen up and
>the mast slips again. The Champion Radio Products clamp  eliminates both
>problems. They're $160.00 plus s/h.
>http://www.championradio.com/misc.html
>(http://www.championradio.com/misc.html)
>
>Cheers,
>Steve    K7LXC
>Champion Radio Products
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Dino - KX6D
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