[TowerTalk] Force 12 rebuild

[Bryan Swadener]

Nice work, Howie! My new-to-me C-4XL has been up since 2012, and I see we did almost the same refurbish work.I have mine on top of a 72' crankup/tiltover tower. A nifty thing about that is, I can tilt the tower completely horizontal if I remove two sections of boom+element(s) from the yagi. To ensure the yagi doesn't windmill the rotator, I use a piece of angle stock with two U-bolts that grab the mast and one tower leg. That's the only ladder-work I do.
vy 73 es gl,Bryan WA7PRChttp://www.tinyurl.com/wa7prc-tower

 

 
     Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 23:03:44 -0500
From: Howard Hoyt <hhoyt at mebtel.net>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Force 12 rebuild

Hi all,

All the talk about older Force 12 linear loading vs. Tornado coil 
upgrades inspired me to rebuild a 20-yr old C-4SXL I have had stored in 
pieces for a few years.  I took some pictures along the way, and you can 
read about the process here:

https://proaudioeng.com/force-12-c-4sxl-rebuild/

I appreciate all the knowledge I have gained from this group that helped 
me with the project, your comments and abuse are welcomed.

Cheers & 73,

Howie - WA4PSC