[TowerTalk] Wire Antenna Supports

[K9MA]

A friend in New Zealand, now SK, had built a tilt-over mast perhaps 40 
feet tall out of 3 pieces of tubing. Sort of an overgrown version of the 
wooden one that used to be in the old Handbooks. I'd imagine that for 
holding up wires, it wouldn't be hard to build a taller one.

No, he isn't a SK because it fell on him!

73,
Scott K9MA

On 2/16/2021 10:10 PM, Gary Schafer wrote:
> I have an old Ezway 40 foot crank up/tilt over tower that is mounted on what
> they call a "Wonder post".
> The post is about 4 or 5 inches in diameter (steel) and 9 or 10 feet long.
> About 5 feet goes in the ground in a hole that you dig with a post hole
> digger. No concrete involved.
> There are 4 fins at the bottom and at the top where it is in the ground
> about a foot below the surface. These fins are aprox 8 inches long by 6
> inches high as I remember. These keep the pipe from overturning in the
> ground.
>
> The tower mounts to a hinge at the top of the pipe which is about 4 or 5
> feet above ground. A small winch tilts it over easily. Another winch to
> crank up the telescoping part.
>
> Very easy to install and very strong. I have had it up in Florida thru
> hurricanes and now in Wisconsin the the cold. It has never moved in the
> ground.
>
> The manual for Ezway is on the boatanchors manual site. The tower is no
> longer made but could be easily duplicated.
> http://bama.edebris.com/download/ezway/rbs40/rbs40.pdf
>
> This manual doesn't show the ground post well but maybe a google will turn
> up a better diagram.
>
> 73
> Gary  K4FMX
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On
>> Behalf Of Stan Stockton
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:31 PM
>> To: Michael Poteet
>> Cc: TowerTalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire Antenna Supports
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Call the power company and pay them to install a 35-40 foot
>> (above ground) utility pole exactly where you want it and
>> install a two good quality pulleys at top with good Dacron
>> rope before they put it up. You will be able to try all sorts
>> of antennas including inverted v, verticals, etc.
>>
>> 73...Stan, K5GO/ZF9CW
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 7:18 PM Michael Poteet
>> <mcpoteet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This is a request for opinions.  I am thinking about
>> putting up a wire
>>> antenna.  At my age (81) I have no interest in climbing
>> towers, trees
>>> or the roof.  Nor I am I interested in installing any support that
>>> requires a concrete base or that weighs over 100 pounds.
>>>
>>> I've noted there are at least a couple of telescoping masts
>> (up to 50
>>> feet) that could be used to support simple wire antennas
>> (when guyed
>>> appropriately).  One is carbon fiber, the other is
>> aluminum.  Is there
>>> any advantage of one of these over the other for
>> "permanent" antenna support?

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Scott  K9MA

k9ma at sdellington.us