[TowerTalk] Thrust Bearing for AB-577

[Ed Goss]

Pete - take a look at this approach:

http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/RotatorCage.htm

I've never tried it; not sure how well it worked.

--Ed, N3CW--


On 7/18/2023 12:00 PM, towertalk-request at contesting.com wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:41:47 -0400
> From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
> To: TowerTalk <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Thrust bearing for AB-577??
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> I have a C-3E tribander on an AB-577 "rocket launcher."? I also have a
> 3-element 6-meter yagi that I was planning to mount 6 feet above the
> Yaesu rotator at the top of the 577, but was deterred by concern of some
> knowledgeable hams that this might overload the rotator and cause a
> catastrophic failure, destroying the rotator and the tribander.? That's
> just too big a risk for me.
>
> It occurs to me to wonder whether someone out there has contrived a way
> to mount a thrust bearing above the rotator on an AB-577?? I can
> visualize what this might look like, involving a structure attached to
> the top of the top-most tube below the rotator and supporting a thrust
> bearing a foot or so above, but don't want to reinvent the wheel unless
> necessary.
>

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