Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Plumbing a 100' 45G

[Dick Flanagan W6OLD]

>From: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.)
>
>On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 09:22:38 -0800, Jim wrote:
>
>> Why not climb to the top of the sections that are installed and drop
>>a plumb
>> line down one of the tower legs.
>
>Is there such a place that the wind doesn't blow to make this
>impossible?  Certainly no place I've lived!

The standard approach is to run the plumb line more than an inch away
from the chosen leg and then place the bottom weight in a bucket of
water to tampen the swings.

73, Dick

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Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada DM09db (South of Reno)
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