[BULK] - [TowerTalk] antenna installation

[Tower (K8RI)]

> You can:
>

This is the way I did mine, (
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/tower.htm) except due to the sheer
weight I had to use a "come along" to raise the mast as I installed the
antennas.

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com

> -Slide the mast way down inside the tower (with the rotor moved out of the
> way), clamp it that way using the thrust bearing setscrews, and install
the
> "top" antenna; then, slide it up a few feet and install the "second from
> top" antenna, and so forth until you're done.
>
> -Or, you can use a mast with climbing spikes, a good belt and a lot of
guts.
>
> -Or you can install the tower with the antennas already assembled onto it,
> if you have the right raising fixtures, or a lot of help, or a crane...
>
> The first option is the one most people use.
>
> WB2WIK/6
>
> "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
> enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: George Yazz [SMTP:kc7hkp at teleport.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:55 PM
> > To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> > Subject: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] antenna installation
> >
> > how does one install a antenna on the very top of a mast, i can see how
> > you stand on the tower and may be reach up a couple of feet. but if you
> > are puting up 2 antennas
> > how and the heack can you get to the top of a 15 foot (what ever size)
> > mast and bolt every thing together.
> >
> > i am going to put up a rohn 25 tower and 2 antennas,
> > thanks
> >
> > P. George Yazzolino
> > 14801 NE 20th Circle
> > Vancouver, Wa. 98684
> > KC7HKP  Grid  CN-85
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