[TowerTalk] MA550 movement w/wind

W0MU Mike Fatchett w0mu at w0mu.com
Fri Apr 11 12:09:58 EDT 2014


Looks normal to me.

Mike W0MU

On 4/11/2014 9:19 AM, Wayne Kline wrote:
> Hi George
>   
>    Watching the WX  vain and anemometer.  MY personal opinion is it's just the Axial twist   of the three tubes  .  coupled with the few rotor drift degrees.
>   
> Wayne W3EA  . .
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>> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:52:20 -0400
>> From: Gunsrus1942 at Comcast.net
>> To: cx6vm.jorge at gmail.com; towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] MA550 movement w/wind
>>
>> NOT being any kind of expert, but it appears to me, that the movement is
>> in the "slack" of the rotor?
>>
>> On 4/11/2014 9:24 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> Just installed a US Tower MA550 and put up the antenna and removed the MAF
>>> RAISING FIXTURE
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> Now that the antenna is not supported on the raising fixture I noticed a
>>> movement of the tower when light windy. You can see it here
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8HfiWFkYI0
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8HfiWFkYI0&feature=youtu.be>
>>> &feature=youtu.be
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> This is “normal” or there´s any way to avoid this movement? Without the
>>> raising fixture, of course J
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jorge
>>>
>>> CX6VM/CW5W
>>>
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