[TowerTalk] My New 40M Antenna

[kb9cry at comcast.net]

 noticed from the great pix KB9CRY posted he used some weights to 
> balance the beam while tramming it up... I have found a small hand 
> sledge works great for this - you can put a wrap of duct tape or a big 
> hose clamp and fine tune the balance while tramming - NOTE - if you use 
> some sort of counterweight it is better to have a heavier one closer to 
> the mast than one which is lighter but farther away if that distance 
> means you cannot reach it from the top of the tower!

We couldn't find a heavier weight at the time so what you don't see in my piks is how the far set of weights is attached; they are definitely out of reach from the top of the tower.  We lashed them togther, there's two 5 pounders, with electric fence wire and tied that loosely around the boom.  But before that we drilled a hole in the end of a length of 1/2 x 1 wood and ran the wire through the hole in that extension piece.  Then taped the wood along the boom so the other end is at the tower.  We tried this before the raise.  You merely untape the wood and pull the weights back along the boom to the tower.  Sweet!  Phil  KB9CRY