I want to mount a small HF beam on a mast and rotate it using the azimuth portion of the G5500 to point it. Then I'd like to install sat antenna's up above the HF beam using the elevation rotator. Is this where using the "separation kit" comes into play? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the installation parameters. Thanks and 73, Michael W4HIJ
Michael,
Yes. The standard package assumes you will mount the pair together, and has a bracket which attaches them to each other. If you want to separate them, you need another mast clamp and some other bits of hardware. I have mounted the azimuth rotator at the bottom of the tower which rotates the mast, and the elevation rotator above the top, which is mechanically equivalent to what you are doing. Works well, and removes the lateral stress on the azimuth rotator.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
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Sure. Why not? Lots of folks mount an azimuth rotator inside the tower then a mast with the elevation rotator above the tower top on the side of the mast. My mast continues up and supports 6m, 10m, 1296 and wxsat stuff.
Ed Krome K9EK Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 14, 2016, at 12:46 PM, Michael [email protected] wrote:
I want to mount a small HF beam on a mast and rotate it using the azimuth portion of the G5500 to point it. Then I'd like to install sat antenna's up above the HF beam using the elevation rotator. Is this where using the "separation kit" comes into play? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the installation parameters. Thanks and 73, Michael W4HIJ
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Not a seperation kit. You'll need the same bracket that goes on top of the azimuth portion of the rotator. This bolts to the bottom of the U shaped piece of stamped steel that connects the azimuth and el portions of the rotator.
GC0-038 is the ##.
Take care to provide enough clearance so that the satellite gear (el rotator) can rotate vertically as well as clearing the drooping coax loops.
Once it's on the tower up top, getting at this stuff is a problem. I use a 20' stick of 25g, a rotator plate, top cap, mid tower guy band and a tilt base. All Rohn. Trouble? Just lean over slow and easy. One man job.
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Ed Krome [email protected] wrote:
Sure. Why not? Lots of folks mount an azimuth rotator inside the tower then a mast with the elevation rotator above the tower top on the side of the mast. My mast continues up and supports 6m, 10m, 1296 and wxsat stuff.
Ed Krome K9EK Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 14, 2016, at 12:46 PM, Michael [email protected] wrote:
I want to mount a small HF beam on a mast and rotate it using the azimuth portion of the G5500 to point it. Then I'd like to install sat antenna's up above the HF beam using the elevation rotator. Is this where using the "separation kit" comes into play? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the installation parameters. Thanks and 73, Michael W4HIJ
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