[TowerTalk] Plumbing a Tower

[k6xyz]

Get a metal square with a bubble in it and back off from the tower several
hundred feet. 
Place the vertical part of the square on the vertical c/l of the tower and
then look at the bubble. This won't fix it but you can see how close you
are.
Obviously, you should repeat this 90 degrees from the first sighting to get
a better idea of how vertical the tower is. 

Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dale Martin
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:20 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Plumbing a Tower



I played around on the other day doing some mainteance.  I made up a little
jig out of string to suspend between the three legs of my Rohn 25G.  I
looped and loosely tied one string to one leg.  I tied the other end of the
string to the horizontal brace directly across from that leg and halfway
between the two other legs.  I did the same for the other two legs and
strings.  The point at which the strings all crossed each other is supposed
to be the center of the tower...right? 

I may have done this all wrong.  I read N4KG/K7LXC's comments about plumbing
a tower.  I just used a deep 1/2" socket as my weight and nylon twine as the
line.  Way too light compared to N4KG's #20 wire and 5 lb. window sash
weight.  I haven't yet found a day since hanging the line where the wind is
light enough to even let the string hang anywhere near the center even 20'
down from where it's hung.  

I also think maybe I should do the plumb thing in stages -- in my case, my
tower is 70' and I have two sets of guys.  Should I plumb from the lower set
of guys to get that portion of the tower plumb, then plumb from the upper
set of guys to the lower set?   The plumb line would be shorter and maybe
less influenced by any wind.  

Has anyone tried a laser?  Seems like it would be easy to make up a laser
target jig to place through the tower, then, on the ground, use a laser in
the center of the tower and aligned to the vertical.  Anyone done that? 

Comments?  Suggestions?  

73,
Dale, kg5u


 


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