Tower installation part 3

Video 3 of the tower installation involves the assembled tower on its side and I added my 10 meter dipole to it. I'll add my 2 meter ringo ranger once I'm ready to raise the tower. All of the coax is secured to the sides of the tower along with the rotor cable. I find out I need to trim some over head limbs from a tree above because the arc of til axis looks like it would conflict with the raise. I installed a 4x6 pressure treated arsenic saturated post behind the tower of which I will be adding a 1500lbs capacity hand winch to along with a pulley for anti friction.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ham
• radio
• tower
• rotor
• mast
• amateur
• antenna
• installation

[rockraven666]

who makes that tower. i have the same one. just trying to figure how old it is

[kb3mzw]

@rockraven666 I honestly have no idea who makes it. there was no labels/engraving/stickers on the tower to indicate who made it. it was butchered in so many ways through many modifications for various unknown reasons but still does what it was built to do for me. whoever made it it is steel construction with intersecting frames and heavy. the bottom hinge mount is homemade. I got it from a fellow radio club member

[larrymota]

pretty ingenious.

[kb3mzw]

@larrymota thanks

[hmf350hondakid4ever]

what kind of antennas are thos

[kb3mzw]

They are ham radio or amateur radio operation antennas. The one on the bottom is a homemade 10 meter directional rotatable dipole at 100 RF watts and the other is a 2 meter omni directional ringo ranger antenna at 50 RF watts.

[kb3mzw]

thank you

[VictoreCelia]

Nice tower...