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Re: [TowerTalk] When a Yagi Loses an Element

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] When a Yagi Loses an Element
From: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:26:02 -0400
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Bill:

     You're gonna have to rent a crane, it looks like.  Instead, rent a
man-bucket.  Then you and the element ride the thing up to the boom.  Then
you come back down alone.  Capish?

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kk9a@arrl.net>
To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Cc: <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 1:04 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] When a Yagi Loses an Element


> It may be easier to repair it on the tower, assuming that you really like
> the antenna.  It's hard to say without seeing your situation, but perhaps
> you can attach a hand winch as far out on the boom as you can reach toward
> the reflector side and to a point on the tower maybe 20' below.  Then
attach
> a cable or rope from your mounting plate to the top of the mast.  You
should
> be then able to remove the mounting u-bolts and using the hand winch pull
> the reflector toward end toward the tower making the boom vertical.  You
can
> then reattach the reflector, winch the antenna back to horizontal and
> reattach it to the tower.  I've used this method to repair my 40m full
size
> antenna and to make adjustments to my 60' boom 20m antennas, however
nothing
> was out of balance.
>
> GL and be careful,
> John KK9A
>
>
> From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 19:38:15 EST
>
> Ah, the residual damages from the hurricanes continue to mount.  The
latest
> casualty is is real problem.  The 4 el 40 meter KLM lost it's reflector in
a
> severe windstorm form a squall line that came through last night.  The two
> clamps that held it in place broke, which could explain why it was
beginning
> to
> look a little off kilter the last few weeks.
>
> Fixing it will be a problem.  The reflector did no sustain any
> non-repairable
> damage from its fall from 200 feet.  However, getting the element back in
> place is a challenge.  The antenna is now very nose heavy and once the
> U-bolts
> are loosened, the front end will make a nose dive straight down into the
> guys
> wires.  I had this problem with the 5 el 20 meter KLM at 200 ft last fall
> after
> it lost its reflector and damn near lost the antenna.  There is no way to
> reach the end of the boom to attach any counterweight to it to balance it.
>
> I am not even up to figuring out how to get the element back out on the
end
> of the boom yet.  The antenna is mounted in a traditional fashion on a
> flat-top
> Rohn 55 with no other antennas below it.
>
> Ideas, other than getting a crane or other budget busting ideas?
>
> Bill K4XS
>
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