Hire the crane, even if you put up one section at a time. You can get done in
3-4
hours what would otherwise take 2 days.
Check out this rotor controller.
http://www.mds-ham.com/
73, Mike NF4L
On 12/17/2011 6:36 PM, Ro Grrr wrote:
> I've been off the air for many years but still have much of my equipment (old
> Drake complete 4-line). I am now retired and want to get back on the air in a
> big way so I plan to put up 150 feet of ROHN 55 (not sure if I'll fly it up
> one section at a time with my gin pole or have a 40 ton crane come in and do
> it in one lift) with a TH7 on it, hang some inverted Vees for 40, 80 and 160.
>
> I still have my old KENPRO KR-2000 rotor (am I telling my age?) and would
> like to know what any of you know/think about this particular rotor. I'd been
> using HAM-M's for years (this was before the HAM-4's came out) until I got
> the KR-2000 but wasn't on the air long until my 90 foot tower came down. From
> that point, I was QRT. Now that I've moved, I can start over and build up
> something worthwhile. I know my KR is still operational, which is why I held
> onto it for all these years.
>
> I also have a jury-rigged PPM (I know, all PPM's are jury-rigged) that a
> previous ham sold me, along with much of his other outside gear, but with no
> way to indicate direction, I can't say I'm all that anxious to put it in the
> tower. I know it will outlast me, tho, but I'd sure like to have a direction
> indicator, too, without having to spend an arm and a leg on one of those red
> herring boxes.
>
> I've picked up a big gin pole (3" aluminum pipe, 3/8" wall, 15 feet long)
> that will handle the R55 but it's heavy enough that I'll use another gin pole
> to jump this big one up to the top so I can fly another section of tower.
>
> TIA
> RoGrrr
> KC8HZ
>
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