After seeing many of these the one question I am left with is:
How do you get the ropes off of the antenna and/or mast once it is in place.
Surely you dont reach way out to the end of the boom
and remove it so how is that done?
I can imagine how to get it off of a piece of tower because the tower will be
close enough to get to easily to take the rope off.
On the mast and/or antenna though you have at least two ropes, the guide rope
and the pull rope to take off once the antenna and/or
mast is in place.
Bob AD5VJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of AD5VJ Bob
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 12:16 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Install Videos for towers
>
> I agree after looking at several of them, especially the one
> that has the guy walking the beam's boom that is being
> supported by only a mast and someone else holding it.
>
> Then there is the one which seems to be dangling off of a
> crane or something above and they are pounding the cement and
> setting the tower in place as a whole. Now that was eye opening.
>
> Bob AD5VJ
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of jimlux
> > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:37 AM
> > To: k1ttt@arrl.net
> > Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Install Videos for towers
> >
> > David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
> > > Just watch out, some of those videos are great examples of
> > how NOT to
> > > install towers or antennas.
> > >
> > >
> > no worse than the crew in the picture on page 56 of the Nov
> QST doing
> > what looks like a "iwo jima" of a fairly good sized tower with a
> > single rope held by someone over their head and wrapped around the
> > body.. flip flops, nary a hard hat to be seen (in itself not a
> > problem, with suitable erection technique), 3 people
> standing UNDER
> > the tower as it's being raised, not counting the guy taking the
> > picture in the background who will also be crushed.
> >
> > I won't say I've never done something like this myself
> (duh, of course
> > I have, and worse), but it's not exactly a shining example
> of safety.
> >
> > Jim, W6RMK
> >
> >
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