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>At 03:59 PM 2/23/2000 MST, you wrote: >> >> >>My biggest problem is a faulty relay for the 40 meter beam on the C-51X R >>and if you haven't seen this antenna, the feedpoint is about 10' out >>from the tower!! The solution is to take all the antennas down :( or >>to get a crane ($$$.$$). Either way I pay (with time or $$). >> >>Tom did have a joking suggestion to climb out on the boom 4" thick wall , >>but I don't have the guts!! I even offered to pay for him to come and >>do it :), I probably could have sold tickets! > >Very good ... sounds like you will get everything right, once you get th e >feedline lengths correct -- and Jay's quite right about one length >work ing >on all three bands, something that wasn't obvious to me till he made me >think it through. > >Realizing that these are much bigger antennas than my EF-240S, I wonder >if >maybe you couldn't tilt the boom around the boom-to-mast mount so that > you >could reach the feedpoint and replace that relay. Or does the C-51 not >use >the Force 12 boom-to-mast mount with the single central polt? > > > >73, Pete N4ZR > The C-51XR uses a cradle mount it is contructed of an aluminum plate with an aluminum U assembly welded near the top. It is impossible to tilt the cradle... When I was mounting the C-51XR, it took around 3 hours to get the antenna positioned correctly on the mast (I was the only one on the tower!). I have never had to mount an antenna that big before and I hope I don't have to for a long time... :) 73's, Kevin -> WN9O Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N= 1 -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force 12 Web site: http://www.qth.com/force12 Force12Talk Message Archive: http://www.qth.com/force12/list/force12talk To unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to force12talk-leave@qth.com For problems with the list, contact force12@qth.com |