*** TOWER INSTALLATION ***
These pictures will document the installation of my tower and antennas. It is 120-feet of Rohn 45 with the top 60-feet rotating in guy-rings. Three phased Bencher Skyhawks are mounted at 47, 71, and 97 feet. A 2-element 40-meter yagi is at 110-feet and a 2-meter vertical at the very top. The tower is guyed at 35, 65, and 95 feet. The rotating base is at 45-feet. Guys are a combination of ¼-inch EHS steel and 6700# Phillystran. Installation was by Paul Nyland, K7PN, of Rotating Tower Systems and Jay Terleski, WXØB, of Array Solutions.
40-meter
at top and three stacked Bencher Skyhawks!
Newer
photo showing addition of Telrex 10 element, 44ft boom, 10-meter
yagi on it's own TIC rig rotator just below the tower rotation point
L:
Jay, WXØB, Array Solutions - R: Paul, K7PN, Rotating
Tower Systems
Other parts/equipment:
- 40-meter yagi: Cushcraft XM240
- Three Bencher Skyhawk tribanders Rotating rings and base by Rotating Tower Systems (www.custometalworks.com)
- Array Solutions StackMatch for phasing the tribanders.
- Array Solutions "Ratpac" for switching antennas.
- Rotator: M2 Antenna Systems model RC2800DC.
Getting Started - Rotating Base - Rotating Guy Rings - Antenna Installation
The
Crew, right to left:
Paul, K7PN; Jay, WXØB;
me, WØYVA
and helper, Zach
Getting
Started - Rotating Base -
Rotating Guy Rings - Antenna
Installation
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