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Re: [TowerTalk] Need install a BRAKE to protect antenna and rotator...

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Need install a BRAKE to protect antenna and rotator...
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 18:20:15 -0700
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On 4/2/16 5:18 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
An old "spur gear would work for this, or rather, a couple of them. Just
don't disengage when the wind is blowing.
A trip to the nearest junkyard should turn up one that will fit the
mast, or can be bored out to fit. Just find a couple that don't have an
OD too large.
They don't even have to be the same size, just so the teeth mesh.


You could use something like an old rear-end ring/pinion set. If you can find a damaged one, you could probably rig something up, with the ring gear around the mast, and the pinion pushed up to "mesh" with it by a lever or the rope.

Any sort of "drop a stick in the spokes" (like a bicycle wheel) would work.

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