On 11/12/2011 8:38 AM, Larry wrote:
> I have heard of a couple of people assemble antennas on the tower
> over the years. I would have think about that some because it
> seems like that could be very awkward to build it on the tower.
The short version:
IT's not all that difficult (relatively speaking) as the boom is pivoted
at the top of the tower so it's vertical part of the time which allows
one person at the top of the tower and another farther down. Much
depends on the size of the tower and the angle of the guys at the top.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> The
> antenna would be unbalanced for a good part of the assembly. I had
> to pull down my 2 el 40M yagi a year ago that had lost one element
> and that was quite awkward (the yagi was relatively light - only about
> 45 lbs when complete). But assembling on the tower is a thought.
>
> 73, Larry W6NWS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gunnar Widell"<sm3sgp@kkn.net>
> To:<towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 5:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Dropping guys
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>
>> Hi Larry,
>>
>> An alternative for a BIG antenna could be to build it up in the tower.
>> I have done this three times now, with 3 element full-size 40 meter yagis.
>> By lifting the boom and the elements one by one, does not require very
>> heavy duty lifting gear.
>>
>> It is much faster if there are two persons available in the tower.
>>
>> Please have a look at this post:
>> http://sk3w.se/2011/while-some-were-operating-the-cqww-ssb
>>
>> 73 de Gus
>> SG3P (SK3W)
>>
>>> I was looking for a detailed description of dropping guys on a guyed
>>> tower
>>> to raise an antenna but didn't see anything in my searches that looked
>>> like such a description. I think I know how it is done but I would prefer
>>> to
>>> see a desciption. Anyone have a pointer to such a description?
>>>
>>> 73, Larry W6NWS
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