Re: [amsat-bb] Uk help needed!

[Art Goldman <aegoldm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob:

I have a Kenpro elevation rotator, and I'm pretty sure the maximum
size boom it takes is U.S. 1-1/4 inches O.D. I'm using what we call
schedule 40 PVC drain pipe. Works fine for the reflector grid antenna
which is only about 5 Kg. I have one on each side of the rotator. One
has the original feed assembly, the other has an AIDC 2733 with its
integral dipole.

73,
Art N3OY

Bob Sayers wrote:

> Hi, All;
>
> Is anyone in the UK using, as the horizontal boom with a Kenpro
> elevation rotator, the reinforced fibreglass tubes currently being
> advertised by UK retailers?
>
> I'd like to use the 1.75 inch diameter type, but it seems to be
> very close indeed to the maximum diameter stated in the Kenpro
> manual - a case of "will a 1.75 inch diameter pole fit in a 1.75
> inch hole"?
>
> I'm reluctant to go down to the 1.5 inch diameter if this is
> unnecessary, and can't find a dealer locally to whom I could
> take the rotator to try it!
>
> regards,
>
> Bob, G8IYK
>
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