I don't know how old you are, but I was 57 when I put up my first tower,
and in reasonable shape, but with very little upper body strength. I
chose my antennas for light weight, but I can testify to a few exciting
moments when Mr. Newton's Laws of Motion tried to take over.
If you anchor your tram far enough from the tower and orient the boom
and elements correctly, you don't need very much clearance over the top
guys to get it up successfully
73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
http://reversebeacon.net,
blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
For spots, please go to your favorite
ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
On 3/24/2014 3:19 PM, Drax Felton wrote:
You have to either tram up a beam using a gin pole or you could buy a hazer.
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Wilson
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 3:04 PM
To: towertalk
Subject: [TowerTalk] First Tower
Is it common to work above the top guys, after installation?
I’m not sure I’d want to handle a heavy beam or do tramming above a joint.
I “think” it would be OK, but would like to hear from TWHDI (those who have
done it).
WL
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
|