Fw: [UK-CONTEST] Bent Mast and Beam

[Paul Beecham]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Beecham" <paul at prolectric.co.uk>
To: "G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Bent Mast and Beam


> Hi Chris, sorry to hear about your mast. It,s been very windy here (nr,
> Burnham On Sea) today and my tower and aerials have been hammered but are
> still ok. Some one told me once that there "aint enough up there if you
> don,t worry when it blows." All is guyed up pretty good  but still lots to
> worry about. I,m now even on the mk 5 rotator system, home brew from
> stairlift parts. Experience has taught me that the rotator needs to be at
> least 4 times stronger than I ever imagined. My original G1000GXC got so
> badly beat up in 2002 cqww ssb that the only recognisable internals were
the
> ball bearings! About digging your base out, depending on what you want to
do
> of course it may be worth cutting down the first section and welding up a
> new stub section that either tilts or is fixed to allow a suitably modded
> first section to fit via bolts etc. My tower is on a tilt over base that
is
> bolted down on to 1" diameter  rag bolts that are 3ft. in the concrete. An
> upcomming project is to install a rotating base system made from a lorry
> axle so that the whole tower rotates . This will require lots of cutting
and
> welding to the original base but anything is possible. Cheers Paul G6PZ.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
> To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:19 PM
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Bent Mast and Beam
>
>
> > Well, up until today I had a 50ft mast supporting an A4S and G1000DXC
> > rotator. Arrived home to find the mast bent at the first section and the
> > beam touching the ground. Luckily the beam is probably repairable, only
> > superficial damage but I think the mast is beyond economical repair.
> >
> > I've still got the phased array for 40m and currently an 80m dipole on a
> > temporary 50ft gin pole type mast. I'll try and get some wire up for the
> HF
> > bands shortly but I reckon it will be spring time before I replace the
> mast
> > as the concrete base will need digging out.
> >
> > Boo hoo   Chris G3SJJ
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