> Professional tower installers use capstan winches. Where did you find a
> hand crank type with enough travel?
First I should note that I don't work with any antennas over about 150 to
160#
I'd go with the powered capstan in a minute with an experienced ground crew.
Unfortunately I seldom have the luxury of having ground crew who have more
than a passing acquaintance with tower work and antennas. Those are not the
ones I want in control of that's happening up where I'm working. So I end up
either manually pulling the antenna up the tram line, using a small winch,
or using the hand cranked winch at the base of the tower with the cable
running through a pully and out under the tram line. I'll trust *some*
inexperienced help on a good manual winch after a few minutes training, but
not something with power.
That said, I'm normally lucky to get enough help to even put up an antenna
let alone a good size ground crew.
I just picked up a winch at the local Ace hardware store that holds about
150 feet of Phillystran 1200# test which is about 3/16" in diameter. 3/16"
wire rope works as well, but doesn't have near the strength. They had
several winches, but this was the only one with the capacity and latching
capability.
73
Roger (K8RI)
>
> John KK9A
>
>
>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Winch Recommendation for Tramming Antennas
> Up/Down
> From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:00:30 -0500
> List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
>
> All I saw there were capstans, which is not what I'd want to be using "up
> there", but ... Others might.
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
>> Try these guys.
>>
>> http://www.portablewinch.com/
>>
>> 73, Jeff W3KL
>> --- Ed Muns <w0yk@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What is your favorite winch for tramming antennas
>>> up/down a tower? Power or
>>> hand crank?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ed - W0YK
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