Rotator install

A rush to beat the rain with the install ...but its up there ,however the rain beat us to the mark so still have the cable to install to the house :-(

What a thunder storm ,constant lightning ...eyes fixed on top of mast !!! 

Fitted a new stub mast too at 6m ,however im not happy with it it's 52 mm 6mm wall aluminum i recon 65mm will stop the sway a little .

Rotator for under £150

At last its all done and ready to install 

 Cable from the bottom is from the rotary encoder

Fitting rotary encoder

Fitting of rotary encoder ,all that had to be done here is turn an adapter down to fasten and centralise the encoder

 Its in ,I need a holding bracket but ran out of time,today

Rotating tube clamp

 Boss had to be turned then welded to tube.Tightly sleeves over the landrover UJ and welded.I also drilled a hole in bottom of UJ to let the water out ,any trapped water in the winter can do some serious damage when frozen.

After Welding 

Studs welded to take up slack on  rotating pole.Inside the tube is 68mm,pipe will be 65mm ,so a little play .
 
    Bottom is drilled to put a drive dowel through the pole.Bit of cold galv and i recon the top is done .

What's left to do know is mount the rotary encoder on the base of output shaft ...and i'm good to go !!!