Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TowerTalk] Inverted V on a retractable tower

To: "Ian White GM3SEK" <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Inverted V on a retractable tower
From: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 23:01:17 +0100
List-post: <towertalk@contesting.com">mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
If I might add to Ian's contribution, the "Bungee cord" was in fact heavy
duty elastic mooring rope, with the anchor pulley's, obtained from my
local yacht chandlers.

John. G3JVC/GM3JVC.



> SPWoo wrote:
>>
>>Does anyone know how to install an inverted V antenna for 80m on a
>>retractable tower?  Is there anything that could be done to prevent the
>>wires from laying on the ground when the tower is retracted?  Thank you
>>and 73.
>
> I asked for suggestions about this problem in my 'In Practice' magazine
> column. The most memorable answer was "two matched wishing-wells with
> pulleys and counterweights".
>
> The one that worked was "two long lengths of bungee cord, running around
> pulleys at the anchor points and then tied back horizontally towards the
> tower" (G3JVC).
>
>
> --
>
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
> http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>


_______________________________________________



_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>