[Antennas] unusual question but....

[Billy Cox]

Hi Bill,

Some folks have moved that cap
out to the base of the rotor.

That might be an option to give
some consideration to?

Hope this helps!

73 de Billy, AA4NU


-----Original Message-----
>From: bill <bill at w9ol.com>
>Sent: Feb 26, 2014 11:22 AM
>To: antennas at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Antennas] unusual question but....
>
>Chicagoan, I live a few miles from Ohare Field.
>We have had one of the worst winters in a long time.
>While this is a recently 'checked out & serviced' rotor, it's really 
>having a tough time turning my old Wilson Crank up tower.
>Slow and sometimes a tad slow to start turning. Once it's gets going and 
>turning it's better, just those first attempts in the morning.
>It is a new cap in the control box. I always keep a spare.
>
>Has anyone come up with a good way to keep them warm?
>As you know, the rotor is at the base of the tower and turns the whole 
>tubular tower. Sort there is some bit of resistant torgue at the start.
>I bought one of those small plastic storage bins, carefully cut it so 
>that it fit around the rotor portion and the bearings.
>Just to keep the frozen snow off of the rotor. (I do mean frozen as we 
>then had a day of freezing rain that put a crust of HARD snow over 
>everything.
>
>We are back down to near zero again and expecting more.
>Too late for this winter but has anyone ever come up with some sort of 
>way to keep a rotor warm. Those electric water pipe thawing gizmos seem 
>dangerous.
>Anybody???
>
>-- 
>
>Aren't the 'good things that come to those who wait' just the leftovers from the people that got there first?
>---------------------------
>W9OL-Bill H. in Chicagoland
>
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