A Tower Jack seems to be a much safer method!
Jon
on 9/19/02 9:44 AM, Dave LaBat at dlabat@tcinternet.net wrote:
> You know how 25G legs get compressed by overtorquing the bolts? Well a
> professional showed me how you get the sections seperated.. you pull the
> bolts then climb up on the now unbolted section and rock it loose, at over
> 100 feet no less. I was worried he was going to take both of us off the
> tower!
> Dave KØXH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com>
> To: <K7LXC@aol.com>
> Cc: <Towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] WARNING: Do not try this at home!
>
>
>> I once saw a pair of PROFESSIONAL? (really) tower installers put up 120
> feet
>> of Rohn 55....unguyed. I now know it can be done...but I wouldn't have
>> wanted to be up there.
>> Bill K4XS
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Life Member: ARRL, NRA
Member: AMSAT, DXCC
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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