> What have others done here to "balance" an antenna while
> using a single line tram?
>
> Lee - K0WA
>
I put a pulley on the tram line and run the line to the top of the mast.
Backguying the mast, of course.
I run a halyard line to a pulley at the top of the mast and down to the
ground.
I make up a rope harness that extends out approximately equidistant from the
boom center of gravity(cg). I make a slip knot in the harness at the CG to
make an attachment loop. I connect it to the pulley and attach the halyard
line to it.
I usually have two tag lines on the boom far enough out for ground crew to
easily control from the ground, but close enough to the boom-mast plate to
reach to release once the beam is attached to the mast.
Seems to work fine for TH6, A3 and C3E and 70' tower.
73,
Dale, kg5u
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