Egads...
I have 1 1/4 up my Trylon. It took three guys on the ground to pull it
up slow and easy, keep from whipping it around and throwing a kink,
and keeping it up there while I got enough clamps on it to hold the
weight.
Where's the blank submission forms for the Darwin awards when you need
'em...
----- Original Message -----
From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: [Towertalk] New rigging technique
> Bob, K8IA, sent this to me. Thought you'd enjoy it.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
> TOWER TECH -
> Professional tower work for hams
>
> >> "Each antenna is fed with 1/2" Heliax except for the Force12 C3S
which is
> fed with 7/8" Heliax. Since I have to do all my antenna
installations by
> myself, I have had to improvise to get the heavy cables up to the
top of the
> tower. Especially the 7/8" Heliax was very difficult to pull up. I
used the
> following method: I put the rope through a carabiner at the top of
the tower
> and tied the end of the rope to my climbing belt and jumped off the
tower. My
> bodyweight was enough to pull the cable to the top! <4W6MM>"
>
> <A HREF="http://www.simnet.is/tf3mm/4w6mm.html";>4W6MM - TIMOR
LOROSAE</A>
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