[TowerTalk] Getting your moneys Worth

[K8RI]

On 6/1/2012 11:53 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> Also forgot to mention that Rohn made a top section without cross braces on
> all sides at one level. As I remember it was about 2 feet from the top.
>
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: K8RI
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:44 PM
> To: w8aef at q.com
> Cc: 'Jim W7RY' ; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Getting your moneys Worth
>
> On 6/1/2012 10:31 PM, Paul Playford wrote:
>> I just removed a 25G tower and a Ham IV rotator was mounted inside it and
>> no
>> braces were cut.
>>
>> Maybe you are working with a T2X rotator?
> Actually I'm working with a ham V according to the stamped figures on
> the bottom, but the IV and V are identical except for the control head.
> A ham down the road was able to put one in his 25G by bending the
> braces.  These would have to be bent far enough that it'd bend the legs.
> I know of others who were able to slide the ham IV in between the braces
> at a junction between sections. So there must be substantial variations
> between lots.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>> de Paul, W8AEF
>>
>> ZF2JI/ZF2TA  FO8DX/FO8PLA  8Q7AA  XZ0A  VU7RG/VU3PYM  TX5C  A52PP
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: K8RI
>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 6:17 PM
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Getting your moneys Worth
>>
>> A while back I mentioned trying to fit a Han IV into a 25G and not wanting
>> to cut a brace.  As the mast will extend about 12' above the top of the
>> tower, I did not consider mounting inside the short section with the flat
>> top plate to be desirable either.  Sooo... I finally decided to mount the
>> rotator externally and run a two section mast down through the
>> tower.   That will leave the rotator 20 feet above ground level and 30
>> feet below the flat top plate...give or take a tad.  I should be able to
>> stand on the roof and work on it.
>>
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