INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ROTATOR AND MOUNTING PLATE
General
This tower is designed to accept most any
style rotator.
The smallest tower section has a removable
brace to allow insertion of the rotator and
rotator mounting plate.
NOTE: If you are installing the Hy-Gain R-
300 Rotator, you will not be able to nest your
tower completely, doing so may damage the
rotator.
Refer to Figure 15. Loosen the two #10 x
3/4" bolts on each end of the removable
brace. Loosen the two #10 locknuts then
loosen the two # 10 x 3/4" bolts.
CAUTION:
;~ The tower must be cranked up high enough
;; to expose the removable bracing. DO NOT
~; CLIMB THE TOWER! Place a ladder next
;~ ;; to the tower or lay the tower on the
Rotator Installation
* Slide the brace up and out to remove.
For a rotator that installs below the
mounting plate follow the steps below
Figure
1. Set the
'
rotator in the tower with the
shaft bearing pointing up. If the mast
brackets or clamps are attached to the
t t
h ft
they must be
Using the winch, crank the tower high enough
to allow the removable brace to clear the top
of the second tower section by about 3 feet.
You can now either lay the tower down or
leave it up in the vertical position. If you
leave it in the verti
rl
position, place two short pieces of 2"x 4"
lumber- in between the braces so the tower
2.
Set the rotator mounting plate in the
tower so it will set directly on the three
stops welded to the inside of each
3. Bolt the rotator to the mounting plate
using the mounting bolts supplied with
the rotator
4
Assemble the rotator-to-mast, mast
platform and mast as shown in Figure
5
Reconnect the removable brace to its
original position on tower.