[ADXA] Suddenly T2X problem at N5QJ

[Dennis Schaefer]

I don’t  pin mine.  If it’s tightened good, slippage probably means it was
a dang hard wind that could have sheared something.   We have had a couple
of bad wind events.  100+ MPH just west of us, and 50+ here, with 80 in
several other places.

   Antenna maintenance tends to give you plenty of opportunities to
practice!

73,
Dennis/RZ

On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 9:16 AM J. Setcer <j.setcer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was being Facetious to relieve my stress. But Seriously,,,
> I do think it just spun in the bracket. We had some Monster storms right
> about then.
> I am pretty sure I did NOT pin the mast. I have always thought it is
> better for it to spin/slip, than for something to snap/break.
> -----
> Thank You guys for your words of wisdom.
> Just for good memories... The tower, Hazer, Mast, & 40 meter Yagi I bought
> from Mrs. Paul Wynne AF5M, After Mr. Wynne passed. I promised her I would
> Never sell it & I won't.
> 73, N5QJ
>
> On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 8:27 AM BILL KENNAMER <k5fuv at prodigy.net> wrote:
>
>> Usually, I set the rotor to North, go up the tower with a pipe wrench,
>> loosen the mast to rotor connection, use the pipe wrench to reset the mast
>> in the correct direction, retighten and climb down.
>>
>> FUV
>>
>> On Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 07:39:55 AM CDT, Stan Stockton <
>> wa5rtg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Assume you are confident the mast didn’t slip in the clamp on the rotator
>> or that it is pinned with no possibility of that happening?
>>
>> Stan
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Sep 6, 2024, at 7:22 PM, J. Setcer <j.setcer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > I'll tell you the long story... I think you guys jinxed me.
>> >
>> > For years I used Ham IV rotors with good success. (One at my house, two
>> at K5BAT.)
>> > About 2 years ago the brake finger broke off in my Ham IV at home.
>> > A friend gave me 2 tail twisters. He said one was good, one was bad. He
>> switched to a Yaesu 1000.
>> > The good T2X has served me well for 2+ years.
>> > About the time you guys started talking badly about the HyGain Rotors,
>> > all of a sudden  my Yagis are about 45 degrees off the indicator. It
>> turns lock-to-lock. Held steady in the wind storms today. It just isn't
>> pointed where the control box says.
>> > -- I eyeball pointed them toward Europe & I'll leave it there until I
>> figure out what to do.
>> > No End to this story...
>> > N5QJ
>> > <tower mine.jfif>
>> >
>> >
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