[TowerTalk] IARU Team Stations

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

This is obviously a successful set up, but one thing
that I don't like is that the derrick is rigidly coupled
to the tower.  I tried this years ago and discovered that
if the rope between the tower and derrick has any stretch
in it, you can end up with a lot of strain on the
connection between the pieces.  What I do instead is
have independent pivots for the tower and derrick.
Then the ropes are non critical.

Rick N6RK

On 7/28/2012 1:03 PM, Hector Garcia XE2K wrote:
> take a look
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> From: Bud Kozloff <W1NSK at Hotmail.com>
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Sent: Sat, July 28, 2012 12:52:36 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] IARU Team Stations
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> Thinking of a "temporary" 35ft 25G Setup w/A4S on top similar to what
> they are doing for the 2014 temporary team stations.
> How are they installing the towers? Actually pouring foundations?
> Putting a 10ft section in a 5ft hole and digging it out afterwards?
> How are they installing the guys?  Any info would be appreciated.
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