Don Daso K4ZA came up with a cute trick to help install masts in towers. He describes it as follows in this month's "PVRC Newsletter". I think this is an important safety innovation in ham tower work
Wouldn't it be better to mount the hoop at the bottom of the gin pole? Having just installed my mast with a gin pole, I think it would be better there. How could the hoop keep the mast from turning o
Hmm, I've done this with a gin pole and a smaller hoop of cable at the top. Sounds like a basketball hoop would be great! How in the heck would it help to have a hoop at the top of the tower instead
The gin pole sticks up about 11-12 feet above the top of the tower. A 20-24 ft mast is raised (by the ground crew), with the gin pole rope secured to a couple of spots straddling the midpoint of the
This works really well, but when I installed the mast in my tower as well as the old repeater antenna I took the *cheap* route. My Gin Pole has a swing arm and pulley to gain a mechanical advantage i
The editor of the FRC newsletter has already received permission to reprint it in their Newsletter. As long as credit is given to K4ZA and the PVRC Newsletter, clubs should feel free to reprint. By t