[TowerTalk] Putting a rotor in a crank-up?

[Grant Saviers]

Same as N6RK, I laid my HDX589 over and extended it just enough to get 
in the 2800.  BUT, it is a very very tight fit with minimal clearance, 
so check very carefully for interference on the next lower section 
before collapsing the tower!!

Grant KZ1W


On 10/8/2012 1:32 PM, Rick Karlquist wrote:
> Steve Jones wrote:
>> I am getting ready to put my new M2 OR2800 rotor in my US Tower HDX589.
>> Do
>> I just lay the tower over and pull out the top section to get
>> access to the rotor plate?  Is there anything I need to watch out for to
>> avoid kinking the raising cables?
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve
>> N6SJ
> NO!.  The cables, including the pull down, are all under tension.
> To pull out just the top section you have to de-tension the pull
> down cable with a come along.  Then later, you have to re-tension
> it.
>
> On my HDX-5106, I didn't want to do this so I laid it down and
> let the bottom section rest on some big timbers.  Then I extended
> it horizontally until it was about 50 feet "high".  This exposed
> the rotator area so I could work on it.  Of course I did this
> with the antenna (MonstIR) removed.  UST says what I did is
> the recommended procedure.
>
> AFAIK, the Orion 2800 is the biggest rotator that will fit in
> the top section of an HDX-5 series.  Except for a "small" prop
> pitch, which is what I have (thanks K7NV).
>
> Rick N6RK
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