[GVARC] Easy Antenna Raising

[Pat Barthelow]

Hi JT,

Sure, I can help, and will forward this to some other locals...15 minutes is 
probably optimistic, but 45 may be realistic...Get some coffee and bagels or 
donuts ready, I think we can do it...
Any of you fellows from Santa Cruz, or even GVARC want to help?
(for brevity, I will delete the images, and descrbe as a tower, pivoted into 
a concrete base mount, and standing abt 20 degrees from horiz, leaning atop 
a wooden post,  and the top of the tower is about 10 ft up.  The antenna is 
a large beam, nearby...and there is lots of space and vehicle access to 
both...)
Once we get a volunteer crew, just set a time for a Saturday morning....

This one looks easy...
Pat
n6ij@hotmail.com


>From: JT <wa6dij@ix.netcom.com>
>To: Pat Barthelow <meamonte@hotmail.com>
>Subject: tower going up
>Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:50:26 -0700
>
>Hi Pat,
>
>Check out the two attached photos.  One shows my tower tilted partially up 
>and supported by posts.  The other shows the TH-6DX triband beam and 6 
>meter beam on top of that.
>
>I have gotten this far on the project by myself but I am at a point where I 
>can't proceed without some help.  All my ham friends are up in the bay area 
>and it is difficult for them to come down here to help me finish.  I was 
>wondering if you and some of your friends would be interested in coming 
>over to help me put the beam on the tower, while it is reclining, so I can 
>then raise the tower the rest of the way?
>
>What is involved is slipping the mast fastened to the beams over a mast 
>attached to the rotor on the tower.  The beam boom is 24 feet long and I 
>have the top of the tower at least 12-13 feet off the ground (i.e. half the 
>length of the boom).  I thought if I could get two or three people to help 
>me manhandle the antenna then I could get it slipped over the mast of the 
>tower.  Although it is big and ackward, the setup is not heavy so people my 
>age (63) will have no problem handling it.  The main concern is keeping the 
>elements from getting bent if the thing wants to tip over while positioning 
>it onto the tower mast.
>
>I would guess this whole operation would take just about 15 mins.  I will 
>position my pickup truck under the tip of the tower mast and then stand on 
>a ladder to allow me to guide the mast from the antenna array onto the mast 
>of the tower.  Then all I have to do is insert a bolt through both mast 
>sections to prevent them from rotating and I am in business.
>
>I don't think I would need any help getting the tower raised the rest of 
>the way because I am planning on bringing in a "boom truck" and use the 
>boom to raise the tower to fully upright position.
>
>BTW, I live about 1.2 miles east of Castroville on Blackie Road so it is 
>not far from the N6IJ location.
>
>Let me know if you can suggest a few people to help me do this.
>
>Tnx es 73
>Jim/wa6dij
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