[TowerTalk] north

[Don]

Makes me think of the guys and gals with rotating towers, no rotators and solidly fixed yagis. Wonder how accurate the ‘pointing’ is with these towere compared to we with sloppy rotator gearing and other fixed or crankup tower slop issues.

By the way, in spite of the sorta off topic N discussion, there were some really good tidbits of information that I bet many of us found quite useful and interesting. Thanks folks for sharing and the good humor too!

I do have one question. Does my (currently on sawhorses) Rohn FK-25A foldover tower qualify under Towertalk or Crankup Towertalk? When I work on this next summer I certainly want to be on the right reflector.

Don W7WLL

From: Wayne Kline 
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 1:36 PM
To: charlie at thegallos.com ; Don 
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com 
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] north

WOW... I apologize to all TT'ers   for kicking off this  North   finding  facts.
All the  feedback are enlightening.
 
  With that now fleshed out.. another  problem is rising it's ugly head
 
A:   The foul deterring OWL and  it's  installed position ?
 
B:   The Hue/color  od the reflective  Eye's ?
 
 
I have opted  for the deluxe http://www.gemplers.com/product/221414/Solar-powered-Owl-Rotating-Head
 
 
and I am reading the TT for insight in banding the control lines  to the tower  .
 
But at least  the rotation head issue is no longer a concern   :)
 
Wayne   W3EA
 
 
 


> ...snip...
> > I've obviously missed earlier discussion on the owl. I see a few refs to
> > N.
> > What am I missing?
> 
> For those of us with a problem with birds perching on out antennas (what
> is the max load of pigeons on a D-140? Anyone know?) it was suggested
> that we put a plastic owl on our masts, but most have found it doesn't
> work. Which lead to the discussion that the owl only works properly if it
> points exactly towards true north. Hence needing a true north facing owl.
> Of course, the way you do this is with a wench holding a wrench (folks
> asking about a tower WINCH, but making the two most common typos)
> 
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