[TowerTalk] Raising a mast on a tower with antennas still on it

[Jim W7RY <jimw7ry@gmail.com>]

Fixed the subject line....



On 4/29/2024 4:15 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> Is there a bearing on the top of the tower?
> How far below the bearing is the rotor?
> How long is the mast?
>
> Jim W7RY
>
>
> On 4/29/2024 4:05 PM, maflukey@gmail.com wrote:
> > You need to buy, fabricate, or borrow a mast raising fixture.
> >
> > 73
> > Matt
> > KM5VI
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Don 
> > Tucker
> > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 12:57 PM
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] MFJ QRT on May 17, 2024
> >
> > Chuckle! Got on the air two months short of 70 years ago and there was
> > always some bitchin' going on the about some issue by a part of the ham
> > community. Today we're still bitchin', just the technical content has
> > changed. We haven't.
> >
> > Now, how about telling me an easy way to lift a mast with a TH7DX and 
> > A3WS
> > on it up and out of a T2X rotator enough so I can yank the rotator 
> > (broken
> > tooth?) out. Would like to do it straight up and yes could tilt the 
> > tower
> > (HG-70HD) over but still leaves the rotator problem (1/2 boom length 
> > of the
> > TH7DX leaves the tower still way up with same problem).
> > Want to avoid having to drop the antenna.
> >
> > Don W7WLL
> >
> > On 4/29/2024 8:42 AM, Ken WA8JXM wrote:
> > > I can say this:  back when I started (1963) we had 300 kc/s for CW 
> > > only on
> > > 80m and many nights it was difficult to find an open spot to call CQ.
> > 75m
> > > phone had 200 kc/s and was crowded even worse.  Now CW effectively has
> > > about 70 kHz and it's mostly empty, maybe two or three signals.  Newer
> > > hams have no idea what ham radio used to be :-(
> > >
> > > However, the FT8 spot is busy.
> > >
> > > I'm not big on FT8, but I do appreciate it:  1) it brings activity 
> > > to our
> > > bands.  If we don't use it, we will lose it.   2)  it is an efficient
> > mode,
> > > cramming many signals into a small bandwidth and decoding signals that
> > > we can't even hear.  Great technical job.
> > >
> > > Some people decry FT8 for lack of useful communication.  But at least
> > > it communicates useful signal reports and location which is a lot more
> > > than the typical "599 TU" DX or contest contact communicates.
> > >
> > > Ken WA8JXM
> > >
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Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY

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