[TowerTalk] Truss clamp for 2" mast ??

[Doug Renwick]

Steve,

What you suggest works and I have used that procedure, but it only works
if the thread on the U bolt is long enough to capture the eye of the
turnbuckle.  Most as found U bolts that I have do not have excess
length.

Doug

I'll run the race and I will never be the same again. 

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of K7LXC at aol.com
Sent: July 22, 2010 5:03 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com; john at kk9a.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Truss clamp for 2" mast ??

 
In a message dated 7/22/2010 5:25:02 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  For my homebrew antennas I fasten a small plate of  aluminum to the
mast 
with 
a u-bolt.  The plate has holes on each end  and I connect a 3/8 EJ 
turnbuckle 
to each side of the plate for the boom  truss.  For larger antennas I
mount 
a 
piece to angle stock to the  mast, perpendicular to the boom and use two

turnbuckles on each half of  the boom (four total) to create a V truss.
 
    You don't even need any kind of plate. Just mount  the eye of the 
turnbuckle on the end of the U-bolt and use a big washer to  capture it
under the 
nut and you're good to go!
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH 



 
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