Notice the thrust bearing/rotor setup -- no reason you cant do that on your mast to make it considerably better.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:djmay@comcast.net">djmay@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dave, that looks like the exact same rotor I've got! A Shack special (on par with a $1,500 Hy-Gain rotor.)<div>
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Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:14:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: [450] Precarious new antenna setup<br><br>Check this out<br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=dmckenzie&target=ALBUM&id=5307959170968512593&authkey=Gv1sRgCO6Tqaym0arYEQ&authkey=Gv1sRgCO6Tqaym0arYEQ&invite=CPC9zMwL&feat=email" target="_blank">http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=dmckenzie&target=ALBUM&id=5307959170968512593&authkey=Gv1sRgCO6Tqaym0arYEQ&authkey=Gv1sRgCO6Tqaym0arYEQ&invite=CPC9zMwL&feat=email</a><br>
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