[TowerTalk] Dropping guys

[Jim W7RY]

The art of tramming is also in the new 2012 ARRL Handbook.

73
Jim W7RY



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From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:26 AM
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <lknain at nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Dropping guys

>
> In a message dated 11/11/2011 8:11:06 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
>>  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?
>
>
>
> Sure. My advice is to NEVER  drop the guys!
>
>        There are a couple of good  ways to get antennas up a tower. The
> first is using a single tramline and is  profusely illustrated in my UP 
> THE
> TOWER book (available from _www.championradio.com_
> (http://www.championradio.com) ). The second is  the N6BT wig-wag method 
> where you mostly thread the
> antennas thru the guys. It's  in Tom's book Array Of Light - also 
> available
> from Champion Radio  Products.
>
>        If you get a copy of the  new ARRL Antenna Book, tramming is in
> there too.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
> and
> Champion Radio Products
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