TT:
My self-supporting tower stands in the only open space in my small back
yard and I still have to trim the surrounding trees every 5 years or so.
Even so, one reflector element tip was bent slightly by a tree branch a few
years ago when I was rotating the Skyhawk towards the southeast.
Fortunately, the torque from the Tailtwister rotator wasn't enough to bend
the tip more severely, and the TT actually stalled.
So I agree with Jim: I'd rather have the rotator stall than break off
an element.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Rhodes
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 9:41 AM
To: Dennis W0JX <w0jx@yahoo.com>
Cc: TowerTalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Climibing Harness Recommendation
Actually I would rather stop the rotator than break the reflector off.
Consider the mechanical disadvantage going from the mast out to the
reflector tip and that is what protected your antenna. A larger prop pitch
might have snapped that element right off.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 07:33 Dennis W0JX via TowerTalk <
towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
> I just had professional tree trimmers here for three days. These guys
> spend all day up in the trees. They use PETZL gear. It is spendy
> -$300-400 price range but your life is worth it. The style in part
> depends on how long you will be up on your tower. If you are going to
> spend extended periods of time up high, you want to be comfortable.
> BTW, After trimming my tall 100+ ft trees back, the SWR on my TH-11 at
> 80 feet improved on all five bands. Not a huge change but definitely
> better than it was and back to where the curves were when I installed
> the beam 8 years ago.
> I also had to have a large amount of trimming done in 2012 when I
> replaced the TH6 with the TH-11. In both instances, the reflectors had
> gotten snagged in tree branches. It doesn't take much to stop the
Tailtwister !
> 73 Dennis W0JXMilan OH
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