[TowerTalk] My New 40M Antenna

[Jan Erik Holm]

Smart, why have I never thought about this. This
would have saved me a lot of time and greef thru
the years. Sure will use it next time I tram an
antenna.

Jim SM2EKM
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Pete Smith wrote:

> 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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