Tree,
And here I was wanting to avoid loosening & tightening those wire clips one
more time …
I’m thinking wife up on the tower & me on the ground … do ya think that’ll
work???
Fritz
From: Tree [mailto:tree@kkn.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 12:26 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com; fritz@k4oaq.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Adjusting Phillystran Truss so boom is level for DB36
Stepp
Getting it level is mostly to make it look good. There is very little impact
to the strength.
HOWEVER, there is one thing that will have a huge impact to the strength that
you are missing. I have an original Monster up and instead of using the 4 foot
aluminum mast that you are attaching to the boom/mast plate - it will be much
better to use the mast that you mount the antenna on instead.
The mast is much stronger - and also this eliminate a lot of load on your
boom/mast clamps. It makes a huge difference. Of course - it means you have
to adjust the boom guys with the antenna up in the air. Use a phone with your
wife on the ground telling you how it looks (exactly what I did).
Tree N6TR
Manning, OR
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