[TowerTalk] Rotors that fit

[Joe Giacobello, K2XX]

Marv, you've got to prop up the rotor plate so that the widest 
protrusion of the T2X is in the center of the opening (face) between 
struts.  I have supported the plate by using hose clamps with the 
housings facing toward the inside of the tower.  The plate will then 
rest on the housings and each can be raised or lowered to set the height 
of the plate.  Others have used small lengths of angle-aluminum fastened 
with hose clamps to each vertical pipe to support the plate.

73, Joe
K2XX

> Marv Shelton <mailto:marvs at att.net>
> Friday, October 20, 2017 12:48 PM
> I own a TX-472 tower. The top section of which is the ‘standard’ 
> triangle that is 11-7/16” per side.
> While a Hygain Ham IV will fit inside with sufficient clearance when 
> the tower is lowered and all the sections are nested, a T2X rotor can 
> make contact with the cross braces and can only be fully nested when 
> the rotor is in a specific position.
> I am wondering how other hams deal with the issue of rotors not 
> fitting fully inside tower sections of crank-ups?
> One thing I could do is place a steel stop beneath the rotor shelf 
> height so that when lowered, the top section will not fully nest 
> inside the next section.
> I’d like to use the T2X instead of my Ham IV, better still, I’d like 
> to install a rotor with greater accuracy because of the UHF and VHF 
> boomers that are on the mast along with my SteppIR.
> Anyone have any ideas besides mine? Any recommendations for more 
> accurate (1-2 degrees) rotors?
>
> Marv wa2bfw
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