[TowerTalk] Pinning my mast in rotator clamp

[Dan Edward Dba East edwards]

tom:
 
I think it depends on several things;
 
mostly, how big is the antenna, and is it 'torque neutral'?
 
is the rotor under- or over-rated by the mfg?
 
located on a mountaintop, or up more than 140', or both?
 
whats your budget? (for replacing busted rotators).
 
do you like to climb, or do you hire it out?
 
25 years ago I planned to go no larger than a Tailtwister, with 3 105' towers and
3 300 degree sidemounts; longest boom 53'; the rotors were marginal. I never lost a rotor.
I NEVER pinned a mast either. tighten the nuts 5 ft pounds short of stripping. DID
have slippage on something about twice a year.
 
FWIW, 73, W5XZ


--- On Wed, 3/11/09, mrlogs <mrlogs at verizon.net> wrote:

From: mrlogs <mrlogs at verizon.net>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Pinning my mast in rotator clamp
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:19 PM

Hi All..
  My Yaesu G-1000DXA manual say's to drill thru the mast & put a bolt
thru the rotator & mast to keep it (the mast) from turning in the clamp. I
was told to do a survey here & get everyone's input on doing this as it
might be a bad idea..
                         Thanks for your input!
                            73'..Tom  N3ZC
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