Those extra elements are in the way - otherwise there would many safe
ways to get out to the spot you want to be in, all taking advantage of
all your *headroom* for safety lines, and all doable by yourself, albeit
with lot's of climbing up & down.
If you can manage one helper: with only one set of guys below your
antenna, and assuming you have a capstan hoist, simply disconnect the
bottom guys from their anchors (let them hang straight done), drop your
antenna to near ground level, work on it, haul it back up, and reconnect
your guys. Done. You don't have a cathead? Get one. And a helper while
you're at it.
-Steve K8LX
On 09/04/19 18:13 PM, w5wz@w5wz.com wrote:
I have need to access a feed point on a 4" diameter boom, about 10 feet
away from the tower. I know I can "PVRC mount" to tilt and rotate it
close to the tower, but this antenna is a monster - Force 12 C-51 XR,
16-elements, 51 foot boom, weighing 250 pounds, so I'd rather not go
that route and risk creating other problems.
Tower is 120 feet of Rohn 55G, guyed at 118, 77, and 37. This antenna
is at 52 feet above ground. It can be reached by aerial lift/bucket
truck, but not inexpensively.
The feed point is the driven element of the 40 meter section. Between
the tower and the 40m DE are the 15m and 20m reflectors of those section.
I do climb; I'd like to hear/see some ideas to SAFELY rig to go out to
it myself.
--Scott, W5WZ
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