<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>Thanks, Dave, I forgot about the thrust bearing - I have beam fever. Now I see what you meant about the stacking distance, but remember, I was actually going to try to put the halos on a separate mast. Also, those male N to S0-239 adapters are $10 at HRO and only $6 at Texas Towers.</P>
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<P>P.S. WTF - How did you come up with such a professional looking drawing in a matter of a few minutes, or do you have these all in an archive somewhere we don't know about, just in case someone asks? <BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "David McKenzie" <kb1fsy@vhfwiki.com><BR>To: "144.450 Mailing List" <450@lists.vhfwiki.com><BR>Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 8:54:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<BR>Subject: Re: [450] Slack Loop Addendun<BR><BR>Attached is what I'd do (everything is to scale, estimated on the loops, and adjust the spacing to your liking. You can get the thrust bearing from Stark Electronics in Worchester, Mass for $20 or so. Drive or ship up to you, but I wouldn't do it with out dropping the rotor and using a thrust bearing, similar to Bob's setup and the poll in my back yard that you see so often. <BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I see... it's the same thing I have now for the halos. What was hanging me up, Bob, was I was remembering the beam in my attic in Woodbury and I had to have tons of slack because the antenna was mounted just above the rotor (the rotor was fixed to the attic floor.) Thanks for undoing my mental block.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't have any close up pictures, so I'll try to explain....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>dress the cable from the beam in a straight line domn the mast with wire ties ont he OPPOSING side of the mast from the "rotor stop"......put the LAST wire tie (idealy MORE than one at this point) a foot or two above the rotor. With the antenna turned halfway through rotation (if your "stop is NORTH, then point it SOUTH) bulge the cable out a foot or more so it makes a hump in the same direction the antenna is pointed, then start strpping it to the mast BELOW the rotor at about a foot or two down the mast and continue down with your ties.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This should allow you enough slack in either direction of rotation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get it?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pictures OR diagrams would be greatly apprecited. No rush, the beam is coming from M2 in California, and I was told it might be about a week.<BR></DIV>
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