[TowerTalk] Low Bad DXing 40m beam

[mwdink@eskimo.com]

We usually use a come-along on the backstay (as well as
the tram line) so you can tighten/adjust as needed. You can
really exert a lot of side force on the tower/mast even with
smaller antennas when using a tram. I have a 2 inch carbon
steel mast with massive walls and have worked on a friends
tower with a similar 3 inch mast (and bigger antennas).
The mast might not bend to destruction but why stress it
and/or the tower?

Safety first - even if it takes longer and costs more.

73 dink
n7wa



> I think he meant put a temporary guy on the mast so you don't bend the
> heck
> out of it
>
> 73 Matt
> W5LL
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