Appararently Greeks haven't invented the pulley yet (and I'm a Greek).
I took a 3 conductor #6 wire, wrapped it around my waist, and climbed 130
feet up a tower. At 50 feet I knew it was a very bad idea, at 75 feet most
would have quit, and around 100 feet each step was like squatting with 300 +
lbs on your back.
The prop pitch works fine now thank you :) Its just so far from the shack,
it needed a monster cable, and I'm stubborn!
73
Ted KR1G
>From: "Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@contesting.com>
>To: <K7LXC@aol.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [Towertalk] New rigging technique
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 10:52:26 -0500
>
>Egads...
>
>I have 1 1/4 up my Trylon. It took three guys on the ground to pull it
>up slow and easy, keep from whipping it around and throwing a kink,
>and keeping it up there while I got enough clamps on it to hold the
>weight.
>
>Where's the blank submission forms for the Darwin awards when you need
>'em...
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
>To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 10:38 AM
>Subject: [Towertalk] New rigging technique
>
>
> > Bob, K8IA, sent this to me. Thought you'd enjoy it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve K7LXC
> > TOWER TECH -
> > Professional tower work for hams
> >
> > >> "Each antenna is fed with 1/2" Heliax except for the Force12 C3S
>which is
> > fed with 7/8" Heliax. Since I have to do all my antenna
>installations by
> > myself, I have had to improvise to get the heavy cables up to the
>top of the
> > tower. Especially the 7/8" Heliax was very difficult to pull up. I
>used the
> > following method: I put the rope through a carabiner at the top of
>the tower
> > and tied the end of the rope to my climbing belt and jumped off the
>tower. My
> > bodyweight was enough to pull the cable to the top! <4W6MM>"
> >
> > <A HREF="http://www.simnet.is/tf3mm/4w6mm.html";>4W6MM - TIMOR
>LOROSAE</A>
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