67Dart273
Well-Known Member
I'm simply getting to the age, finances, ambition, and tolerance, I no longer have the drive to pursue amateur radio "much." In fact I haven't been very active for almost 10 years, and less so over the last 3-5 years. I decided that it might come to pass I can no longer deal with the tower, and last thing I need is the liability of the antennas causing havoc in a windstorm, etc
So I've decided to take the vast majority of the antenna stack down.
What will "go back up" is a simple wire dipole, perhaps the vhf/ uhf "stick" and the corner reflector TV antenna.
This mess is mounted on an elevator device which I built and is a copy of a product known as a "Martin Hazer." This is a cage which slides up and down the outside of the tower by means of a winch mounted below
as I sit here, just ate lunch, watchin' Gunsmoke, I have the hazer down to the mid set of guys, with the top guys re-connected. After lunch, I'll climb up and disconnect the mid guys, then winch the antenna stack down to rooftop level. It "sits" down at the level of the rear lean to addition, so there's a fairly flat slop roof to work from. From there I'll take the stack apart
Looks about the same to me LMAO
So I've decided to take the vast majority of the antenna stack down.
What will "go back up" is a simple wire dipole, perhaps the vhf/ uhf "stick" and the corner reflector TV antenna.
This mess is mounted on an elevator device which I built and is a copy of a product known as a "Martin Hazer." This is a cage which slides up and down the outside of the tower by means of a winch mounted below
as I sit here, just ate lunch, watchin' Gunsmoke, I have the hazer down to the mid set of guys, with the top guys re-connected. After lunch, I'll climb up and disconnect the mid guys, then winch the antenna stack down to rooftop level. It "sits" down at the level of the rear lean to addition, so there's a fairly flat slop roof to work from. From there I'll take the stack apart
Looks about the same to me LMAO