The lift that wouldn't end picked up again the next morning. This time just me going up to do all the little stuff like:
In any case it was about 4 hours up the tower... but it was a beautiful day, and well worth it.
Here is a nice view... looking west down the boom of the 10m4dx.
A view looking down on the 150' tower.
This is the 40m boom struts from above. Note the piece of tape on the boom between the stuts, that is the center of balance. I had to slide it to the right to get that in the middle. You can see the 40-2cd on the ground up in the corner of the field.
Here is the tower quiz... What is this, and why? Answer at the end of this page, so don't read too far ahead.
Tower quiz part 2. What are these?
Now, back to the work. Remember in part 1 I was trying to figure out how to fit the 40m phasing line around the boom struts? Well this is what it looks like when its all done.
And from the other side. Note an oddity of Ring Rotors, the coax goes up the boom strut and the rotor loop is above the antenna, and has to be long enough to wrap half way around the tower each way.
Now the cleanup... This is how I coil and store rope. The lifting rope, all 600' of it coiled and ready for storage.
To do such a neat job takes just a few simple steps. You start with a pole through the tower legs, in this case a broken shovel handle. And add a piece of PVC tubing to it. Tie one end of the rope to the tubing. Stand sideways and take one or two arm lengths of rope and wrap it over the tubing. Get a good swing to it and you can coil up a lot of rope very quickly and neatly this way.
How it hangs when its done. Note the shorter tag lines I do in one arm span loops, the lifting line is in 2 arm length loops. Use the last few feet to wrap up the coils and then slide the tubing off the pole and carry to the storage shed.
The coils hang in a clean and dry place out of the sun when not in use. The PVC tubing hangs from wire loops on eye bolts in the rafters.
Here is what it was all for, and what you are all probably waiting for... 4 over 4 on 40m!
And a closeup of the top.
ANSWERS:
The first 'what is it' is a ball of rope and tape that is hiding the clamp bolts on the Rohn thrust bearing on the top plate. Since the rotor loop has to hang down from the antenna and somehow get over the edge of the top plate it means there has to be a fair sized loop, unfortunately it could get caught under those bolts. The 'fix' is to make a big round ball out of it using some rope and lots of tape. The new coax is in the front, it needs to be well covered in tape or some other abrasion resistant material so its not damaged on the other bolts or edge of the plate in the wind. The second 'what is it' are the hard line connectors for the 10m and 2m antennas at the top of the tower. You can only see the middle of the body as the top and bottom are well sealed.