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Re: [TowerTalk] roof mount Tripod

To: Larry Banks <larryb.w1dyj@verizon.net>, TowerTalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] roof mount Tripod
From: Terry <terry@kk6t.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:21:30 -0700
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Very nice pictures and diagrams.   Looking at both, it looks like the 
coax comes down through the roof and attic and then into the shack.  
What do you do about grounding/lightning protection?

73 de Terry KK6T

Larry Banks wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> I use two 6' roof towers from IIX Engineering -- don't know if he still 
> makes them, but they also have a rotator plate.  One holds my 5 el 10M yagi 
> and my 2 el 20M Moxon -- uses a G-800S rotator.  The other holds my 7 el 6M 
> yagi, my 11 el 2M FM yagi, and my 12 el 2M SSB yagi, with an old Alliance 
> rotator.  Neither uses a thrust bearing, both have been fine for 5+ years. 
> Check out my web site for pictures.
>
> 73,
> ______________________________
>
> Larry Banks   FN42kl     W1DYJ
> Amateur Extra                  ARRL
>         WAS    WAC    VUCC
>         QCWA  1010  SMIRK
> MMRA         N.E.W.S.       MARA
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
> To: "W8HW" <w8hw@att.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] roof mount Tripod
>
>
>   
>> Glenn Martin Engineering (GME) sells four-legged roof towers from "very 
>> short" to quite tall.  They are all made of extruded aluminum and easy to 
>> assemble but very strong.  They all have a "rotator plate" in them, as 
>> part of the standard design.  The plate accommodates Hy-Gain and Yaesu 
>> rotators (all bell housing designs) and mounts inside the roof towers, 
>> even their shortest one.  They all have an upper bracket directly above 
>> the rotator mount where a thrust bearing can be installed, and they sell 
>> the bearings as well.
>>
>> I've used several of these over many years at different locations, and 
>> they're good.
>>
>> WB2WIK/6
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of W8HW
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] roof mount Tripod
>>
>>
>> Has anyone ever tried to mount a Rotor with a  ratable antenna on a roof 
>> mount Tripod? If so, how did you Mount rotor and thrust Bering? What type 
>> of tripod did you buy?
>>
>> thanks, Bruce, W8HW
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