KJ6RA Antenna Project

The following is a collection of photos of the antenna being raised into position.

The Ez-Eye™ arrangement that Fluidmotion uses on their booms made mounting it to the boom-to-mast plate a much easier job. The boom rest on the bolt while you add the saddle clamps. having the gin pole and NO guy wires made the trip up the tower relative easy for the antenna. Once the antenna was clamped in, it was then checked with a level and final adjustments were made and the gin pole finally removed. BTW, thanks to Pete W6KW for the use of his heavy duty gin pole. Without it would have made the tower and antenna work much more complicated.

The last thing that will happen in a week or so is I will move the Diamond X50 dual-band VHF/UHF antenna will be mounted on the top of the mast. There is room for a 40M antenna that may come in the future.

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