[Hallicrafters] Antenna wire removal

[Roger (K8RI)]

Waldo Magnuson wrote:
>     I am helping install a NDB at a nearby airport.
Install?  The FAA is in the process of decommissioning most of them and 
using a GPS overlay as they are a non precision approach any way.  OTOH 
I still have an ADF in the Deb and GDW (Gladwin MI) about 30 miles N of 
us still has one.
>   We need to  
> remove the old antenna which is a horizontal twin wire dipole between  
> two 30 foot poles about 200 feet apart.  I would like to first cut  
> the wires before downing the poles.  The poles are old and probably  
> not safe to climb.
>     Does anyone know of a method for cutting an overhead horizontal  
> wire about 30 foot up?
>   

Tree trimmer with extension operated by hooking over wire and pulling on 
rope if the wire isn't steel.  They are a lot easier to use if you have 
the use of a bucket truck with a 40' boom.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> Thanks.
> Skip  W7WGM
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