Herb's method is certainly much faster than mine. I did three
sections that way before deciding it wasn't the right approach for
me personally. That's when I switched to the counterweight.
Paul N1BUG
On 12/02/2015 05:00 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
With Rohn 25, and a gin pole is not really required, it is very easy to
just lay the section around the base of the tower you have walked up up
like 3 sections. (Preferably guyed) and clip yourself on at the top.
Lower a rope with an eye hook and snag one of the sections. Pull it up
and stack it. Normally on a calm day a single person can place in a
section easily by being above the top of the top of the tower with half
his body. (Tie the pull up rope and pulled tower off so if it falls it
will only be a few feet.) Proceed to do the next two sections before you
guy the 60' spot. Then repeat the process for the next 30 feet and guy
again if needed. You can have the guy cable pre prepared and take the up
on your belt if they are Phylistran. if you have all your hardware and
wrenches in a pouch with and alignment punch and 2 lbs mall, a be tower
should go up this way easily.
Remember to have someone with in shouting distance if you run into any
trouble. Always get a weather report before you do this without a TS
100 miles away.
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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