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Re: [TowerTalk] Swinging gate antenna mounts

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Swinging gate antenna mounts
From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:52:06 -0400 (EDT)
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Been doing swinging arms for years...
 
Make sure the tower face is set in such a way as to allow the rotation in  
the direction you want.  You can make a model of this on a piece of acetate  
over a drawing.  It makes it easier to visualize.
 
Make an effort to place the mount just above a set of guys as  sidemounts  
really tend to torque a tower.  Ask anyone who has ever  been on a tower 
with a large beam sidemounted, and then had someone in the shack  rotate the 
beam.  Even without hitting the brake on the rotor it can be  uh...exciting.
 
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
 
 


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