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@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.
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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@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@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

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> On Sep 6, 2024, at 7:22 PM, J. Setcer <j.setcer@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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