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Subject: [TowerTalk] Bent mast.
From: Joe Subich" <W8IK@ibm.net (Joe Subich)
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 97 14:56:30 -0500
In <33427FCB.789B@epix.net>, on 04/02/97 
   at 10:48 AM, Bob Nygren N3RN <rnygren@epix.net> said:

>       What I'd appreciate now is some advice regarding how to get the 
>antennas down safely.
>       The tower is only 40 feet, mounted in concrete and bolted to the 
>house at 8 feet and at the peak.  The top of the tower is about 15 
>feet above the house.  Appox 9 feet of mast is in the tower.  

Bite the bullet and get a crane.  A good crane operator will be able to 
put someone up along side the mast in a bosun's chair and the antennas 
can either be removed one at a time or the lift line can be attached to 
the mast above its center of gravity (probably 4' +/- from the top in 
your case) and the whole assemby can be lifted down as a unit. 

I would suggest having the antennas brought down one at a time ... even 
though it might take a little longer.  

73, 

   ... Joe Subich, W8IK  ex-AD8I
       <W8IK@ibm.net>
       <jsubich@ibm.net>


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