In a message dated 99-02-24 11:50:14 EST, jonk@jskent.com writes:
> In planning a tower for my site, The idea came up to mount
> my 2m verticals on side mounts. The question I have is when
> I do mount a vertical on the tower, can I mount the antenna
> upside down so that it hangs down from the side mount instead
> sitting on top of the mount? That way I could avoid having a 2m
> vertical interfere with rotation of HF antennas above it. FYI, the
> tower is a USTower HDX-555.
Sure. The only thing to be REALLY aware of is water migration. Since the
antenna isn't designed to be mounted inverted, you'll have to seal everything
REALLY well and provide water runoff paths. Vapor wrap is one tool you can use
to accomplish this. Please don't use CoaxSeal - you'll never get the stuff
off. Real vapor wrap can be applied directly to a connector and will peel off
if you need to get it off. Champion Radio Products has db Products commercial-
grade vapor wrap.
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
Champion Radio Products
http://www.championradio.com
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