[TowerTalk] Ginpole for 20 foot sections

[Steve Maki]

Ron KA4INM Youvan <ka4inm@qsl.net> wrote:

>(A real gin pole, not 30' of tower {which can be used} slides on a
>`sled' 
>as it is `jumped' up the tower.)

Not neccessarily.

The big 1000'+ broadcast towers are installed using 50' or
60' gin poles made out of tower (appropiately sized of course).
They do not slide in a bracket, but simply get lashed up at
the top of each succeeding section. They DO have a nice swivel
pulley head at the top, but otherwise are nothing fancy. Still,
I would call them "real" gin poles :-)

73
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