[TowerTalk] Installing DB36 atop 75ft guyed tower?

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

Use  a Tram!

I my case I took a TH-5 tribander and a 7L C3i 6-meter Yagi up the side 
of a 100' 45G guyed at 3 levels.  I used a rope through the gin pole 
with workers on the ground pulling the antennas up (One antenna at a 
time). I basically took the antennas up sideways on my shoulder.  It was 
a simple matter to rotate the antennas around the guys as the weight was 
supported by the rope.  The pull went straight down the tower to a 
snatch block, so the workers were pulling straight away from the base of 
the tower with no side force on the gin pole.   Plan ahead so you can 
rotate around the tower ans the mast to get the antenna right side up 
and on the right side of the tower.  There are a number of 70' plus 
crank up and fold over towers large enough to lift and hold the DB36

The work went "almost" as fast as I could climb as I had to unhook my 
safety lines and reattach them above each set of guys I had to climb 
around.  http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/TOWER24.HTM

The whole story is http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/tower.htm


73

Roger  (K8RI)



On 5/7/2015 9:57 PM, Jim Miller wrote:
> I'm evaluating options for a future station. I'm thinking a Steppir DB36
> with the 80m dipole would be a likely choice atop a 75ft tower. I'm
> evaluating the possibility of either a crankup/tiltover or something like a
> Rohn 55.
>
> I'm wondering how something as complex and heavy as a DB36 would be
> installed on a guyed tower with all the obstruction of the guys. One way
> would be to get a crane.
>
> Are there others?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim ab3cv
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Roger (K8RI)


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