[TowerTalk] Dropping guys

[Larry]

I have heard of a couple of people assemble antennas on the tower
over the years. I would have think about that some because it
seems like that could be very awkward to build it on the tower. The
antenna would be unbalanced for a good part of the assembly. I had
to pull down my 2 el 40M yagi a year ago that had lost one element
and that was quite awkward (the yagi was relatively light - only about
45 lbs when complete). But assembling on the tower is a thought.

73, Larry  W6NWS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gunnar Widell" <sm3sgp at kkn.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Dropping guys


> Hi Larry,
>
> An alternative for a BIG antenna could be to build it up in the tower.
> I have done this three times now, with 3 element full-size 40 meter yagis.
> By lifting the boom and the elements one by one, does not require very
> heavy duty lifting gear.
>
> It is much faster if there are two persons available in the tower.
>
> Please have a look at this post:
> http://sk3w.se/2011/while-some-were-operating-the-cqww-ssb
>
> 73 de Gus
> SG3P (SK3W)
>
>> I was looking for a detailed description of dropping guys on a guyed 
>> tower
>> to raise an antenna but didn't see anything in my searches that looked
>> like such a description. I think I know how it is done but I would prefer
>> to
>> see a desciption. Anyone have a pointer to such a description?
>>
>> 73, Larry  W6NWS
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