[TowerTalk] HexBeam question

[Patrick Greenlee]

The K4KIO Hex Beam is offered configured for your choice of either of 
two sizes hardware, I asked for the larger two inch version for mine.  
Up/down size adapting is not difficult. More "standard" installs would 
probably not ask for the 2 inch size but I wanted to mount my rotor near 
the bottom of the movable section of my two section crank-up tower and 
run a thin wall galvanized torque tube up the inside of the mast to turn 
the Hex. This keeps the weight of the rotor at or below the guy point 
which is the top of the fixed tower section and keeps the rotor within 
reach for maintenance. Thin wall galvanized tubing used in chain link 
fencing is what I want to use.  Fence post material is a close 
telescoping fit for top runner material so reinforcing the tubing in the 
"bending" zone near the top is easy.

73,

Patrick NJ5G


On 3/23/2014 11:02 AM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
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>      What mast size is the HexBeam designed for?  Tnx.
>   
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
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