[TowerTalk] Gin Pole for AN Wireless - Recommendation Needed

john at kk9a.com john at kk9a.com
Mon Dec 1 18:48:52 EST 2008


I have installed many large antennas by clipping a quality pulley to the 
mast or tower and pulling them up.  It works great!  A gin pole is not 
necessary unless you are mounting the antenna above the top of your mast.

John KK9A

To:  K7LXC
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Gin Pole for AN Wireless - Recommendation Needed
From: Divinia Darin
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:52:31 -0600


Actually Steve my question was pretty simple.   I will quote it for
you, "Can anybody recommend a ginpole setup for the AN Wireless towers?"

You just assumed I meant for erecting it.   A crane for initial build
makes sense as long as the weather holds.  I plan on having the tower
and antennas all ready to go.  I am looking for a ginpole to have when
stuff breaks (not if).

Hooking onto a mast is not the same thing in many regards.  Some of
the nicest aspect of working with a ginpole at the top of a tower is
the pulley on the top and the rope not getting caught up on top of the
tower since it goes does the ginpole tube, etc.   There are a number
of good reasons to have a ginpole.

  I could do a trolleys setup.  I have put up a number of large
antennas that way but the lateral load picks up in a hurry in that
configuration.  I am not sure I want to do that with self supporting
tower and with no guys - why do it?

I have a ginpole for Rohn 25-55 that has worked great for many years.
I want to find one to fit this particular tower.    It is looking like
I will be fabricating one.

So, back to my question:

Can anybody recommend a ginpole setup for the AN Wireless towers?

Thanks,
Darin

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Darin Divinia
wg5j at me.com

On Dec 1, 2008, at 2:53 PM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 12/1/2008 12:32:11 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
> wg5j at me.com
>  writes:
> >  I get the crane thing for initial install.  What about after the
> tower is up and I want to pull one of the beams down?  A gin pole
> has a lot of uses.  Bringing a crane out to do antennas maintenance
> seems like a waste of money.
>
>     Well, that wasn't your question. If you have some sort of mast
> sticking out the top of some length, you just use that for a lifting
> point. In that case a ginpole is redundant.
>
>     Or you stage everything so that the crane stacks the tower
> sections, lifts the mast up and then lifts the antennas up. One
> visit, one bill and you're done.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
>
>
>
>
>
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