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[TowerTalk] steel rotor plate on aluminum Tower?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] steel rotor plate on aluminum Tower?
From: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 11:08:25 EDT
In a message dated 99-07-16 09:45:19 EDT, raylap@tm.net writes:

>     I have an aluminum Heights tower. I have to drop the tower for some 
> maintenance and would like to relocate the rotor to ( near ) ground level. 
>      My question is: Could I fabricate that rotor plate out of steel plate, 
> instead of aluminum, or would that cause some kind of chemical interaction 
> with the aluminum tower? Possible damaging the tower legs?  

       I don't think you'd have any problems. Don't forget that all the nuts, 
bolts, concrete stubs and U-bolts used in the tower construction are all 
steel parts.

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC

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