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Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminum towers -- can you really "walk one up"?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminum towers -- can you really "walk one up"?
From: EZ Rhino <EZRhino@fastmovers.biz>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 21:40:32 -0700
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You absolutely can walk up a 40' aluminum tower because I have done it, but 
probably not with anything on top of it.  :-)  For Field Day we do the falling 
derrick routine, except for us it's a falling ladder, with a 50' aluminum tower 
with either a Spiderbeam (ultra lightweight), or an A4.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9k7HE_2uw
Since the video we've added another section for a full 50'.  Rope is used for a 
rotator, tied off to a ground stake, and a homebrew tilt plate gadget gets the 
antenna horizontal by pulling on a rope.  Four way guys are required for this 
arrangement.

Ladder climbing antics aren't for everyone.  Two guys pulling on ropes tied to 
the top rung can accomplish the same objective.

Chris
KF7P









On Mar 4, 2015, at 20:53 , Tom Cox wrote:

I keep seeing ads for self-supporting aluminum towers that are so light that 
one person can "walk up" a 40-footer with a hinged base. Of course, walking one 
DOWN might be more interesting, unless one has ropes, blocks, and a team. Can 
walking one up really be done, even with light, VHF-UHF verticals and/or TV 
antennas? It just seems a tower light enough to walk up can't be strong enough 
to STAY up.

I can't afford a motorized tilt-over or telescoping crank-up, unless it's used, 
and even then, it's unlikely, on my retirement income. All I want to tackle is 
30 to 40 feet. Should I forget about a tower altogether, or buy a section of 
Rohn 25 a month, or... what?

73,
Tom, KT9OM,
NW Middle TN




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