[FieldDay] Mast inside a section of tower

Ron Youvan ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com
Tue Jun 24 20:57:12 EDT 2008


> I know some of you have done a lot more field days than I have done.
> Our group wants to put up a 30ft Rohn tower and have a piece of mast out 
> the top section about 10ft to have 2 beam antennas on it.

> What's the trick to doing that without having to mess with a rotor?

> Or is that even possible.

> We want to have it to where it turns freely and have it secured at the 
> ground by a piece of rope then whenever we want to move the antennas all 
> we have to do is go move the rope and secure it again.

> What's the trick to doing that without having to mess with a rotor?

   It is not a field day question, it is a tower question.
   You start with a 40 foot mast ...
A rotor with 50' of cable is better, or put up a Moxon.
-- 
   Ron  KA4INM - One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.


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