[TowerTalk] side mounting on a UST HDX589

[Bill Winkis]

A company called ....IIX Equipment, has a complete line of swing 
out/tower attaching  braces-brackets...See there goods at .."Texas 
Towers" .....

-Bill

K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/20/2010 2:06:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
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>>  I am considering side-mounting a 10m LJ-105CA at the  38ft level, which 
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> is the top of the second section of a HDX-589.??? Does  anyone know of 
> someone selling a pre-fabricated bracket that will fit the UST,  or has anyone 
> fabricated some sort of bracket that will attach to the top of a  UST tower 
> section?? I was thinking of taking measurements of the inner  diameter of the 
> section's two legs on one side, then having some sort of  "pins" slightly 
> smaller than the inner diameter welded to an aluminum or steel  plate, which 
> could then use U-bolts to hold the boom of the yagi.? Sort of how  I have 
> seen a TIC-Ring rotor attached to someone's UST awhile back.?? Is  TIC-Ring 
> still around??? I really don't need a rotor for this yagi, as I was  planning 
> on leaving it fixed towards Europe, but I am not opposed to a  TIC-Ring. 
>
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>     I don't know of any specific solution to your  problem but I've thought 
> about using the top of the tower legs for small  antenna sidemounts. The 
> mount would be 2 vertical pieces that would slide into  the top of 2 of the 
> vertical legs and be welded to a triangular piece of steel  where the rotator 
> would sit. It's basically gravity held and for smallish  antennas should 
> work FB. I wouldn't recommend welding something to the tower  itself for 
> several reasons. 
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> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
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