[TowerTalk] Slipp-Nott

[John Becker]

> Tennadyne markets the Slipp-Nott.
 > Does anyone on the reflector have real world experience using this
 > item. Does it really work?
>
> 73
> Dave
> W1CTN

I had one and I had a very bad experience with it. When the mast slips 
in the rotor but not in the Slipp-Nott sleeve, the resulting forces are 
transmitted through the Slipp-Nott brackets to the rotor U-bolts. In my 
case, this caused the U-bolts to fail, leaving the antenna totally free 
to rotate in the wind. The Slipp-Nott brackets were totally mangled. On 
first glance the Slipp-Nott seems to be a good idea, but when you 
analyze what is going on it is a bad design IMHO.

73,

John, K9MM