I finally got around to taking some pix of my tilt
over tower arrangement. I'll Email the pix to anyone
interested.
73, Stew K3ND
> > I'm using 60 ft of R25 tilted over using the W3GM
> > method. Gerry had four 100ft, a 60ft, and two 50ft
>
> > towers and they all used this method. Gerry did
> not
> > climb! W3MM, N2TK, and myself use this method
> (maybe
> > others). You CANNOT use a stock Rohn hinged
> baseplate!
> > You need to reinforce the stock model or build
> your
> > own heavy duty hinged base. There is a picture of
> the
> > gin pole section of my installation at:
> >
> > http://www.dl1iao.com/album/k3nd99/k3nd99.htm
> >
> > I use a 2500 LB winch with a two pulley
> arrangement to
> > give me an additional 2 X 1 mechanical advantage.
> BTW,
> > the tower is 4-way guyed so it can be tilted over
> by
> > just removing the safety cable and loosening the
> > "side" guys. W3GM used this method for over 30
> years
> > with great success. We had them up and down all
> the
> > time.
> >
> > I can take some digi pix of my installation and
> Email
> > to anyone that's interested.
> >
> > 73, Stew K3ND
> > (operator at W3GM 1970-1995)
> >
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > Bob, you can do it but it isn't straight
> forward.
> > > The late, great Gerry
> > > Mathis W3GM used a "falling derrick" method to
> tilt
> > > over 100' of 25G with
> > > large arrays attached. I have a very bad slide
> that
> > > shows the derrick tower
> > > that normally rested on a winch bracket I could
> > > forward it to you, but it
> > > doesn't show very much detail. I've quoted a
> > > Towertalk message below for
> > > your reference. If you search "W3GM" in the
> > > towertalk archives, you'll find
> > > other messages concerning the use of this
> technique.
> > > I personally used it
> > > at his QTH on several occasions and can attest
> to
> > > the fact that it works
> > > well, and sure beats climbing a 100 footer in a
> > > March snow storm to fix a
> > > stuck rotor! I'd suggest you contact someone
> from
> > > the Frankford Radio Club
> > > as I understand there might be other members who
>
> > > currently employ this
> > > method, and may have plans.
> > >
> >
> >
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