[TowerTalk] Swinging Gate Side Mount - Additional Turning Radius?

[Jim W7RY]

Yup! That works too. How did you handle the "bearing" above the rotor?  Just 
a short piece of pipe larger than the mast? Most folks don't have a lower 
mast support for their Ham-4 or Tailtwister though.. :)



73
Jim W7RY


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From: "Dick" <dick at ny1e.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 5:54 PM
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Swinging Gate Side Mount - Additional Turning Radius?

> I don't like the swinging gate from IIX. Here's why.  The mounts only 
> clamps
> to ONE leg of the tower. You have to tighten the U bolts too tight to get
> the mount not to turn. This puts way too much pressure onto the leg.
>
> I like a design that I found here:
> http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/sidemountusersguide1.htm  It Uses
> angle iron to connect to two legs of the tower. There is no possibility of
> slippage so you don't have to over tighten the U bolts.
>
> Array solutions seems to be over engineered for most antennas, My homebrew 
> one is a compromise:
> http://www.ny1e.com/smount.jpg
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