I think it all depends on what he is going to side mount. I had 160ft of
Rohn 45 with 4 x 4 x 4, the two lower Hygain 204BAs were on those IIX mounts
with Ham IVs. They were up for almost 10 years in all kinds of wind and
weather in Northern Virginia. No problems whatsoever. '73, Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:54 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Swinging Gate Side Mount - Additional Turning Radius?
I don't like the swinging gate from IIX. Here's why. The mounts only clamps
to ONE leg of the tower. You have to tighten the U bolts too tight to get
the mount not to turn. This puts way too much pressure onto the leg.
I like a design that I found here:
http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/sidemountusersguide1.htm It Uses
angle iron to connect to two legs of the tower. There is no possibility of
slippage so you don't have to over tighten the U bolts.
Array solutions seems to be over engineered for most antennas, My homebrew
one is a compromise:
http://www.ny1e.com/smount.jpg
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