If UPS delivered according to schedule, there should be a Rohne 9H50 push up
sitting in my driveway when I get home tonight. I ordered it from DX
Engineering Monday for $149 plus $8 shipping. I intend to strap it to the
back of the house right under the gutter rather than using guys. I have a
HAM - something (Can't remember if it's a Ham-M or Ham-3 or Ham-4) that will
go on top then an 18 inch pipe then the KIO Technologies Hex Beam. I expect
the bottom of the hex beam will be about 5 to 7 feet above the roof when
pushed up as far as I want to go with it.

My rotor had an external home brew speech box on it that read out the beam
heading but somewhere in my moves I've misplaced the speech box. So, I still
have to decide how to make the rotor accessible.

I'm not as fast as you have been with all this Steve but I hope to have it
all in before the end of September.

73, Jim, KY2D
 


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 3:07 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Rohn 9H50

Mike,

This is the one  I am thinking about.    I would probably  scrap the top 
section and put the rotor on the next one  which is 1.5 inches. 
Bottom section is 2.25 od, then 2 inches , then 1.75, 1.5, and the 1.25 at
the top.

  This one is cut down to ship UPS and about 8 feet overall length. 
I've seen it cheaper, but with shipping it comes out the same as DXE.

Total wweight is 34 lbs., so things get heavy as you push up the lower
sections:  Weight of mast, rotor, antenna,  control cable and coax, 
guys, etc.   Eat your Wheaties (or Wheata Bix, or whatever you have up 
there).

73, Steve KW3A

On 8/27/2014 2:59 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> Hey all:=20
>
> DX Engineering sells the Rohn 9H50 Telescoping mast for 149.99.=20 It 
> telescopes to 34.15 feet and is a 5 section mast. The top section is =
> 1.25 so I'm guessing that might be a little small to put a rotator on 
> = but I'm sure you could extend it up to 3 or 4 sections, put a 
> rotator on = that, then put a short mast holding the Hex on the 
> rotator.=20 I think me and my XYL could manage this quite easily and 
> its something = I'm going to consider over the winter and hopefully 
> save up for.=20
>
> 73:=20
> Mike VO1AX=20
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