[TowerTalk] My New 40M Antenna

[Pete Smith]

At 02:30 PM 12/18/03 -0600, Chuck Sudds wrote:
>Thanks for the photos and information about the installation, Phil!  Very 
>impressive.  Looks like you had fewer problems then I did getting my 5el 
>20M monobander atop my 90ft Rohn 45G.  Bent a Rohn gin pole in the 
>process.  Next time, the "Tram System" will definitely be used!

Many people argue for the use of a backstay because, as Phil says, this 
puts a lot of stress on the mast.  W9LT (now WA7LT) taught me how to do 
this using a single cable and what he called a tiller, which is a short 
piece of tubing u-bolted to the boom like another element.  Put a pulley on 
the end of the "tiller," also running on the tram line, and you can adjust 
how high the leading ends of the elements ride so they don't hang up in the 
top guys as you approach the tower.


73, Pete N4ZR
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