[TowerTalk] Erecting a tower with a block-and-tackle and gin pole

[Peter]

HI

Have a look at http://www.pi4com.nl/160vert.htm
Here we pull a 130 feet tower from horizontal to vertical bij hand.
Thats me at picture number 2 10 years ago and helping PI4COM to get it 
right done.

Now I have my own club station at http://www.pi4cc.nl

Peter
PC2A

Donald Chester schreef:
> I recall reading an article in a pre-WWII radio publication about raising a 
> 100-ft tower entirely with a gin pole, requiring no climbing or crane.  The 
> tower was fully assembled on the ground, and the guy wire lengths were 
> precisely calculated using a  transit level, and cut to  length.  Two sets 
> of permanent guys were connected to their anchors, while the third set was 
> left unattached.  A temporary set of guys was attached to the tower and to 
> the top of a rigid pole, which was then hoisted to a vertical position.  A 
> couple more temporary guys were attached to the top of tower, anchored 180 
> degrees apart.