[TowerTalk] 45g base

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/14/2011 3:13:56 A.M. Greenwich Standard Time,  
robrk at nidhog.net writes:

If it is  not a house bracket job, but a full guyed install, go with the 
center pin,  flat plate.
 
Even though I understand the reason why a flat plate might be  better I 
prefer the "stick in the ground" method  for one main  reason....antenna 
installation.
 
With a modestly high tower of 45 or 55, say around 80 feet, antenna  
installation is easy.  On a calm day you simply hook up a pulley or gin  pole to 
the top, drop the guys and pull the assembled antenna up the side of the  
tower.  Of course no one climbs the tower until guys are reattached!   It 
certainly make installation of a big tribander or a 40 meter antenna a  breeze.
 
Bill KH7XS/K4XS