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Re: [TowerTalk] Inverted V on a retractable tower

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Inverted V on a retractable tower
From: "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Reply-to: David Thompson <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:41:05 -0400
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Two ways of doing this. I use a side arm from W9IIX with a pulley at the end making sure that I am 5 or 6 feet below that top of the tower (either crank up or fixed).
If the tower is not over loaded there was a great way of getting the 
inverted V above the tower in a mid 1970's 73 Magazine by Ed Sleight K4SB. 
Ed used a fiberglass mast with a universal joint at the top so as the 
antennas were rotated the inverted V stayed in place.  The main point is 
that the ends were well away from the tips of the biggest yagi.  You could 
use a aluminum mast but that added to any interaction.
73 Dave K4JRB 

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