[TowerTalk] Swinging gate antenna mounts

Cqtestk4xs at aol.com Cqtestk4xs at aol.com
Wed May 29 15:52:06 EDT 2013


Been doing swinging arms for years...
 
Make sure the tower face is set in such a way as to allow the rotation in  
the direction you want.  You can make a model of this on a piece of acetate  
over a drawing.  It makes it easier to visualize.
 
Make an effort to place the mount just above a set of guys as  sidemounts  
really tend to torque a tower.  Ask anyone who has ever  been on a tower 
with a large beam sidemounted, and then had someone in the shack  rotate the 
beam.  Even without hitting the brake on the rotor it can be  uh...exciting.
 
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
 
 




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