Rick and tower gang,
When I installed my 40 feet of Rohn 25G, I had a local welder make me a
gin pole from pics in the ARRL antenna book. It worked out fine for me. And
I still have it !! So it'll come in handy again when I dismantle the tower
and reinstall it at my new QTH on ten flat acres !!! Going higher this
time , have 80 feet of 25G !! My gin pole is in two parts , one part
attatches to the tower leg , then the pole slides in . Works good. Good
luck Rick...... be carefull !!!!!!
P.S. I had the welder weld a handle on the pole for easy hoisting up the
tower .
73,
Steve Hurst
KA7NOC ( southern Idaho )
http://www.magiclink.com/web/shurst
shurst@magiclink.com
" I'm cooler than you are. Why don't you fix your little problem and light
this candle ?"
Alan B. Shepard
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> From: Rick Bullon <kc5ajx@hotmail.com>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Gin Pole
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, June 19, 1998 10:14 PM
>
>
> Well I have had another set back on my tower project. There is a local
> ham who has a gin pole sitting on top of his 110ft Rohn 25 tower. I
> heard he got scared when he got it that high and left the gin pole up
> there. Figured I could buy it from him at a reasonable price, if I could
> caught him at home. Well I finally got a hold of him.
> First the gin pole is not for sell and after he told me about it he
> couldn't give it to me. Seems he built this thing out of what ever
> scrap pieces of metal he had around the place some pipe some angle iron
> some flat steel and some pulleys from who know where.
> One thing I have learned from this reflector is DON'T JURY RIG
> Equipment!!! So now I'm back to square one trying to find a ginpole to
> get my tower from horizontal to vertical. I decided if I wait till I
> have all the pieces it would never get started so I'm goin to erect what
> I have to the first guy point then wait till I can afford the guy wires,
> turn buckles etc. and a LOOS gauge, then erect some more to the next guy
> point etc. I have 40 ft of Rohn 25 and plan to add another 3 sections
> for a 70ft tower.
> You may rember me asking about trying to fold over 70 ft of Rohn 25 a
> while back. Well you guys have changed my mind on that idea going to go
> straight up no fold over here!!
> MY first priority was to get a gin pole a safety belt and either buy
> the SB25g from Texas Towers ( fairly local to me about 65 or 70 miles
> away) or just sinking a tower section for the base. The only place I can
> find that sells gin poles is HRO and it lists for $499.95. If I paid
> this for the gin pole and bought a climbing belt, the I beams for the
> elevated guy points ( XYL's rule on guys)and ordered the truck and got
> the base poured and creted in the I beams I would be busted.
> Is there a cheaper place to buy a gin pole ? a used one would be fine
> if it was a commercial made unit and semi local to the Dallas Ft.Worth,
> TX area.
> I have asked local hams around here and all I get is "Well so and so
> used to have one but I think he sold it " or "Why do you need a gin pole
> just put it together on the ground and walk it up". Several of the
> towers around here are fold over contraptions that aren't folded over
> much and then if they are it is with a hope and a prayer. THe ones that
> are done right were done with a gin pole which has been long gone ie
> sold after the tower was up.
> This is not going to be a week end project but rather one that will be
> done as I can afford it. The tower fund is also the emergency fund thus
> the limited funds for equipment and tower pieces.
> Sorry to be so long winded but I wanted to try and cover all the
> questions that might come up after I post this. I know I missed
> something but this post is too long now HI HI
> 73
> Rick KC5AJX
> P.S Yes I have the Rohn catalog so I know what all the specs are :)
>
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