Half way down the top section is only 4' or 5' depending on the section.
That's hardly enough to wind up much unless its rubber.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
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AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Clint Talmadge
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 22:47
> To: Steve Litwins; TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ham4 into 25g??
>
> I don't think it will fit without cutting a brace, which you do not want
> to
> do. However, I am curious why you would want to have all that mast down in
> the tower where it will twist in the wind. If the mast is overly long,
> let
> it stick out the top and mount the antennas low on it, just over the
> tower.
> I saw one installation where the fellow had a 20' mast with about 6' above
> the bearing. A Sommer antenna with about a 16' boom would wind that mast
> up
> and we would watch the end of boom move in a 45 degree swing, back and
> forth
> till the oscillations died down.
>
> my 2 cents and worth every penny you paid for it. ;^)
> Clint - W5CPT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Litwins" <litwins2@cox.net>
> To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 5:11 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] ham4 into 25g??
>
>
> > TT-ers...is it possible to get a Ham IV into a 25g down in the bracing?
> I
> > wud like to mount the rotor abt 1/2 way dn in the top section, but it
> does
> > not seem to fit in through the bracing (too fat). Anybody worked out
> this
> > puzzle? 73/dx
> > steve, k8wk
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