[TowerTalk] G-2800 vs tailtwister bolt pattern

[Charles Gallo]

45 degrees doesn’t work because of the pattern of the TX-2 (which is basically an 8 bolt pattern, minus two bolts). You are best rotating 22.5 degrees, which puts you half way between the TX-2 pattern.
The plate I make bolts onto the bottom of the Yaesu (the mounting bolts are counterbored in), and has the TX-2 mounting pattern (or I also do it for the Ham IV, which is four 1/4-20 bolts, and can be rotated 45 degrees). Has the advantage of doing all the work on the ground. Btw, the stack of the adaptor and the g-2800 comes out about an inch shorter than the TX-2, and smaller in diameter

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73 de KG2V
Charlie

> On Jan 12, 2020, at 6:24 PM, chris perri <EZRhino at fastmovers.biz> wrote:
> 
> Correct, the TX2 has a 3” square bolt pattern, and the Yaesu has 3.3”.  Drilling a hole right next to the existing ones is going be tough, since they will overlap a bit. Make a template with graph paper and rotate it 45˚ and drill 4 new holes.
> 
> Chris
> KF7P
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>> On Jan 12, 2020, at 1:04 PM, Charlie at thegallos.com <charlie at thegallos.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Not the same. I actually make an adaptor (and sell)
>> The TX-2 is six 5/16 bolts, the Yaesu is 4 8mm bolts,
>> IF your tower has slots every 90 dogs, and the slots are wide enough to to fit 8mm it will work, but...
>> 
>> —  
>> Charlie
>> 73 de KG2V
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>>>> On Jan 12, 2020, at 5:45 PM, tommy at k6ye.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jamie,
>>> 
>>> They are NOT the same. I have both and originally had the T2 in a Hy-Gain HD-54HD tower and retrofitted the 2800. The 2800 will now be inserted into a HDX-555 tower.
>>> 
>>> Good luck. OTOH, you could use an adapter.
>>> 
>>> Semper Fi,
>>> 
>>> Tommy - K6YE
>>> DX IS and CW RULES
>>> 
>>> 
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>>>> On 2020-01-12 16:06, Jamie WW3S wrote:
>>>> Are they the same, or should I plan on redrilling the mounting plate
>>>> is swapping rotors?
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