All my elements are mounted above the boom except on my FS 40m home brew
where 4 heavy duty 60mm Stauff clamps are used with each element.
Its easier to use a spirit level on top of the mounting plates when you work
alone.
73
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Thomson
## Nobody mounts els on top of the round booms, they all mount below.
Since the els sag at their tips, I see no advantage to mounting els below
the round or square boom. With eles mounted below a boom, you now have
the entire weight of the ele, plus any ice loading, sitting on the mounting
bolts,
like those used on stauff clamp assy..which are only the .25 - 20 variety.
If els mounted on top, you have zero weight on the bolts, or u bolts.
Thats not that big a deal, except for maybe 40m eles, in
which case you would have at least 2 x ss u bolts on each side..or a min of
2 x
stauff clamps per side.
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