[HCRA] Fw: [YCCC] Check Your Rotator Bolts!

[Daniel J. Sullivan]

GOOD SAFETY TIP!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward C Deichler" <k2te at juno.com>
To: <members at n1fd.org>; <yccc at yccc.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 5:43 PM
Subject: [YCCC] Check Your Rotator Bolts!


> Hi all,
> 
> Just a word about an often overlooked maintenance issue...
> 
> I went out to the tower this afternoon to get started on some repair work
> for my 80-meter quad. As I was about to climb the tower, I spotted a bolt
> lying at the base. I immediately recognized it as one of the bolts that
> secures my rotator to its mounting plate. I grabbed a couple of wrenches
> and climbed up, fearing that more than one bolt had come loose. Sure
> enough, a second bolt was a few threads away from falling out and the
> other two were loose. I had lock washers on the bolts but apparently the
> extremes of weather and winds can work them loose.
> 
> I have an RD-1800 rotator unit that uses the same hole pattern and bolts
> as a Tailtwister. I know a lot of folks use these rotators.
> 
> 73 de TE
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