HI
Have a look at http://www.pi4com.nl/160vert.htm
Here we pull a 130 feet tower from horizontal to vertical bij hand.
Thats me at picture number 2 10 years ago and helping PI4COM to get it
right done.
Now I have my own club station at http://www.pi4cc.nl
Peter
PC2A
Donald Chester schreef:
> I recall reading an article in a pre-WWII radio publication about raising a
> 100-ft tower entirely with a gin pole, requiring no climbing or crane. The
> tower was fully assembled on the ground, and the guy wire lengths were
> precisely calculated using a transit level, and cut to length. Two sets
> of permanent guys were connected to their anchors, while the third set was
> left unattached. A temporary set of guys was attached to the tower and to
> the top of a rigid pole, which was then hoisted to a vertical position. A
> couple more temporary guys were attached to the top of tower, anchored 180
> degrees apart.
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