[TowerTalk] Raising Mast

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

Use a falling derrick method like:

http://www.n6rk.com/falling_derrick_gme/falling_derrick_gme.html

or

http://www.n6rk.com/60_ft_irrigation/lifting_off.jpg

You don't need the clothesline post at all.

Rick N6RK

AD5VJ Bob wrote:
> I worked on getting my beam higher this weekend and came upon a clitch after a whole days work getting everything prepared to go up.
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> I have a 22' (very strong) fiberglass push up mast to which I mounted my Ham 4 Rotor, and then mounted a 10 foot section of
> galvanized steel pipe to the top of the rotor hoping to get 30 feet or so in height out of the whole thing. The idea was to mount
> the fiberglass pole to a 4 by 4 eight foot high close- line post and guy the mast off with 5/8 inch nylon ropes. 
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