ABOVE: Here is a shot of the commercial baluns that I picked
up at Texas Towers for the Force 12
antenna. I didn't get a picture of the coax connectors before
I taped them up. Oh well!
Above: Closeup of balun with coax connected and several layers
of tape.
ABOVE: Fresh coat of Liquid TApe applied over the top of the
tape. I'll let this dry and then
put a few more layers of cheap black tape over the top of it.
ABOVE: All three of the baluns finished with the feedlines!
I laid the coax out on the antenna to
measure it so it wouldn't be too long or too short (hopefully).
ABOVE: 4 shots of the safety cable project. The point of
these bad pictures (I was using zoom from the ground and my
hands are shaky anyway!) is to note the angle iron mount at the top
where the safety cable connects. The normal place where
one would attach their fall arrest lanyard would be one of the cross
braces which are typically held in place with 1/4" bolts
on each side, a litle larger at the bottom possibly. The angle
iron is held in place by two 1/4" bolts (grade 5) at the top of the
bracket and then two 3/8" bolts (grade 5) below that. The cable
is terminated at the top by a very large latching hook of the
variety used on tow trucks with the pressure fitted cable lock.
That's the first 3 pictures. The one on the right (hard to see) is
of the center length of cable and I have put two tennis balls on the
cable to keep it quiet and from bouncing on the tower.
