Hello, This is directed at those that have had direct experience with the use of a crane and a man bucket. My antenna/tower project, at least the major part of it (one of the two towers) is finally g
Hi Gerald, Actually Im use to using grips and have done many towers... Ive done it all before Ive just not used 5/16 and dont know if in situ Ill be able to estimate it accurately. I have 3 older gri
Hi Rich, Indeed the more I think about it the more I think the guys will be in the way of the bucket. I don't know how wide the bucket is - any one know dimensions on a typical bucket? 3 of the 4 ant
Hi Grant, I think the guys will be in the way of the bucket... I had been focusing on safety and how do you 'hold' the antenna and hadn't thought about proximity to the guys ... I think I'll forego t
Thanks Gerald ... indeed its 1/2 EHS and the 5/16 is pretty substantial weight ... theres also a 15,000# insulator in there as well... my guess is youre right that I wont be able to pull enough tensi
Ok, Another question: so I have this 60 long section of R55 with a rotating ring at the 48 point which will have guys hanging down from it ... the weight is probably around 850#. The tower is laying
well actually I hadnt thought too much about that! I thought wed be able to lift it to the crane once it was up high enough. If we have 4 guys on it Id guess the weight at the end is going to be arou
I hope not! I had planned on lifting it from the top. No reason to do it from the side as it is when in place 135' and the crane is supposedly capable of 200' ... right? --Original Message-- From: R
That's what I figured! Didn't use the term - didn't remember it at the time but choker slings... wrap them so they 'grab' the legs equally and thus it should be vertical. The hook will freely swivel
Hi Steve... how are you? Long time .... no Im not asking about crane vs. tramming .... the question is crane strapped to the antenna vs. using a man bucket. Its when using a man bucket that I fear th
So ... Force12 used (uses!) bare copper wire as their hairpins. I have a 80/75 rotary dipole that has a hairpin made from bare #10 wire ... it is now 11 years old and it looks dull tarnished ... not
Thanks Dave ... its 8 ga. getting nervous with all the stuff yet to do. Here's something you'll connect with: I have to fabricate my own bracket to mount the Optibeam OB40-4 to the tower as with thei
So Fred pointed this out ... I hadnt considered it up until then... is it a problem to just allow the legs drag in the dirt while the 60 piece with rotating ring attached (~850#) is lifted? Is there
that's what I was thinking - that the tarnish would be more like insulation and the current would simply flow through the copper below (low resistance path) ... g. On 10/13/2016 2:05 PM, StellarCAT w
Indeed you are correct ... however space is the limitation. The 60 piece was assembled with the top nearest the crane and going away from that spot that distance it goes away is probably too far for
Hi Gerald, That is my plan! I was thinking of a double thickness of 3/4 ply that is about 2 wide. Strap it so that it reaches up about 2 and hangs down by a foot or so... my main concern with posting
I was told I need a 50 ton to reach the 148 height (above it not side sticking it as they first suggested) ... and when I went to reserve it they said theyd give me a 70 ton at the price of the 50 an
yes I have a tendency, even though Im an EE and quite experienced in mechanical systems, of being very anal retentive and it only seems to be getting worse as I age obsessing over things I know I sho
You are substantially in the near field at 200' ... 2000' feet would be more like it on 80 meters. 10 wavelengths is where you want to be so on 80 that is 2600'. 40 1300' ... 20 600' ... and an S uni
Good point - one needs to know how the radio was 'calibrated' in its design... for the FTdx5000 it is using AMP1. One thing I like about the Flex6700 I'm testing... the S meter is always accurate. g.