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I finished some of the fussy prep-work and was able to begin testing the various contraptions this morning. Overall I am satisfied with the results so far but I do have a few niggling concerns. I did decide to use the winch from my ATV as a counterbalance to the poles with the worm gear winch on them. The two poles are set in more than 3.5 feet of concrete with 13 bags holding them in placed. But still, I saw a bit more deflection than I liked during the testing so far so I figured better safe than sorry. I did try to screw in two 3 foot long anchors and was going to run some cable from them to the top of each of the two poles for this support but the ground is too hard to do that.

I have not tried it with the rotor in place yet. I should be able to get to that tomorrow. I sure do hope these three 10 foot sections of 2" nominal schedule 40 pipe with a two foot length of 1.5" schedule 40 pipe sleeve at each of the two spots where the pipes join will be strong enough. I may see what I can find to use as an outer support/sleeve at the lower junction point. The upper junction point just happens to fall under the bottom bracket where the rotor will be at the 20 foot level. The 12' long aluminum mast will extend a foot or so past the top of the schedule 40 pipe and will have the Maco M104C mounted horizontally then the V58 a foot or so above that. Right now I have the guy wire ring at the 25' level. Not sure it that's where it will end up. I will decide that in a bit.

It sure is nice to be able to raise and lower this by myself using nothing more than a cordless drill and a 5/8" deep socket. When I raise it with both antennae and rotor installed I may have a friend up on the roof pulling a bit on a rope attached to the mast just to give the system a bit of extra help in the first bit of cable travel where a lot of winch force is pulling the mast toward the base instead of up. It would have been better to have taller posts holding the winch but this "could have / should have" just never ends.

I should have just had an electrician pull some permits and get the electrical service moved so I could have used the tower. Of well. Once this is up and guyed it should be very secure. Famous final words for $100, Alex.

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<blockquote data-quote="TimmyTheTorch" data-source="post: 819235" data-attributes="member: 64271">I finished some of the fussy prep-work and was able to begin testing the various contraptions this morning. Overall I am satisfied with the results so far but I do have a few niggling concerns. I did decide to use the winch from my ATV as a counterbalance to the poles with the worm gear winch on them. The two poles are set in more than 3.5 feet of concrete with 13 bags holding them in placed.&nbsp; But still, I saw a bit more deflection than I liked during the testing so far so I figured better safe than sorry. I did try to screw in two 3 foot long anchors and was going to run some cable from them to the top of each of the two poles for this support but the ground is too hard to do that.I have not tried it with the rotor in place yet. I should be able to get to that tomorrow. I sure do hope these three 10 foot sections of 2&quot; nominal schedule 40 pipe with a two foot length of 1.5&quot; schedule 40 pipe sleeve at each of the two&nbsp; spots where the pipes join will be strong enough.&nbsp; I may see what I can find to use as an outer support/sleeve at the lower junction point. The upper junction point just happens to fall under the bottom bracket where the rotor will be at the 20 foot level. The 12&#039; long aluminum mast will extend a foot or so past the top of the schedule 40 pipe and will have the Maco M104C mounted horizontally then the V58 a foot or so above that. Right now I have the guy wire ring at the 25&#039; level. Not sure it that&#039;s where it will end up. I will decide that in a bit.It sure is nice to be able to raise and lower this by myself using nothing more than a cordless drill and a 5/8&quot; deep socket. When I raise it with both antennae and rotor installed I may have a friend up on the roof pulling a bit on a rope attached to the mast just to give the system a bit of extra help in the first bit of cable travel where a lot of winch force is pulling the mast toward the base instead of up. It would have been better to have taller posts holding the winch but this &quot;could have / should have&quot; just never ends.I should have just had an electrician pull some permits and get the electrical service moved so I could have used the tower. Of well. Once this is up and guyed it should be very secure. Famous final words for $100, Alex.[ATTACH=full]64409[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]64410[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]64411[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]64412[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]64413[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TimmyTheTorch, post: 819235, member: 64271"] I finished some of the fussy prep-work and was able to begin testing the various contraptions this morning. Overall I am satisfied with the results so far but I do have a few niggling concerns. I did decide to use the winch from my ATV as a counterbalance to the poles with the worm gear winch on them. The two poles are set in more than 3.5 feet of concrete with 13 bags holding them in placed. But still, I saw a bit more deflection than I liked during the testing so far so I figured better safe than sorry. I did try to screw in two 3 foot long anchors and was going to run some cable from them to the top of each of the two poles for this support but the ground is too hard to do that. I have not tried it with the rotor in place yet. I should be able to get to that tomorrow. I sure do hope these three 10 foot sections of 2" nominal schedule 40 pipe with a two foot length of 1.5" schedule 40 pipe sleeve at each of the two spots where the pipes join will be strong enough. I may see what I can find to use as an outer support/sleeve at the lower junction point. The upper junction point just happens to fall under the bottom bracket where the rotor will be at the 20 foot level. The 12' long aluminum mast will extend a foot or so past the top of the schedule 40 pipe and will have the Maco M104C mounted horizontally then the V58 a foot or so above that. Right now I have the guy wire ring at the 25' level. Not sure it that's where it will end up. I will decide that in a bit. It sure is nice to be able to raise and lower this by myself using nothing more than a cordless drill and a 5/8" deep socket. When I raise it with both antennae and rotor installed I may have a friend up on the roof pulling a bit on a rope attached to the mast just to give the system a bit of extra help in the first bit of cable travel where a lot of winch force is pulling the mast toward the base instead of up. It would have been better to have taller posts holding the winch but this "could have / should have" just never ends. I should have just had an electrician pull some permits and get the electrical service moved so I could have used the tower. Of well. Once this is up and guyed it should be very secure. Famous final words for $100, Alex. [ATTACH type="full"]64409[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]64410[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]64411[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]64412[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]64413[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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