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Jennifer <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 5 Nov 2008 22:49:04 -0600
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Okay that is what I thought.  So another thing is that if you needed to can 
you put a rotor on the tower?  I mean I do not need to turn the tower just 
the antenna.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: from Jennifer to Pat


> Yes, the tower will raise and tilt without the rotor; two different
> animals.At 08:36 PM 11/4/2008, you wrote:
>>It helps but I thought you did not need the rotor except for the antenna. 
>>I
>>thoguht the tower tilted over and cranked up and down with out the rotor.
>>This tower is something different that I had learned about.  s I was
>>comfused about that.  So if I take the rotor off for instance and use it 
>>on
>>the other tower that would not work.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:05 PM
>>Subject: Re: from Jennifer to Pat
>>
>>
>> > Jennifer,
>> > The rotator is mounted at the base of the tower.  And the base of the
>> > tower is mounted to a bearing which supports the tower and the
>> > antenna which is bolted to its top.  So, when you rotate you are
>> > actually rotating the tower with the antenna attached.  Does that help?
>> > patAt 03:04 PM 11/4/2008, you wrote:
>> >>Hi Pat I have a question about he towser.  someone was looking at it 
>> >>and =
>> >>trying to tell me what it looks like and so on.  If I understood right 
>> >>=
>> >>the tower has to have the rotor to move it around?  I thought the rotor 
>> >>=
>> >>was for the antenna and that was it.  I thought the tower had it's own 
>> >>=
>> >>way of moving. 

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