[Towertalk] How To Hold Up A 20' Mast On The Ground?

[Chris BONDE]

What is your soil like?   Why not take a water hose with a pipe on it, wash 
drill a 15ft or so deep hole,  wider than your mast, put you mast in the 
hole, and mount your antenna?

It just might work.

Chris opr VE7HCB


At 01:04 PM 2002-04-02 -0600, Robin Midgett wrote:
>Greetings TT,
>I'm seeking constructive advice on how to hold a 20' mast upright on the 
>ground while antennas are installed onto the mast. The plan is for a crane 
>to place the mast & antenna assembly into the tower top once the tower is 
>built & the antennas are on the mast. A stake through a plate driven into 
>the ground is easy enough to keep the bottom of the mast from moving 
>laterally; how should a person keep the thing upright without hindering 
>the antenna installation?
>I have an idea of using guy wires to hold the mast upright & of using 
>scaffolding as a work platform to install the antennas, working from the 
>top of the mast downward. What say you?
>
>Thanks,
>Robin Midgett KB4IDC
>VHF+ Glutton
>
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