That right there is art and science in motion. Absolutely beautiful. Hope you have many years of enjoyment. Thank you for your contribution to the amateur radio community. 73’s
Thank you, Gunter. Lots of work before what you saw in the video. Bob, several of his friends, and Hector, the fella at the top of the tower, spent nearly a week getting ready for the lift.
That's a mighty big antenna you're putting up just to listen to some old dudes complain about aches, and pains, and when their next VA appointment is. 🤣 Very cool. 👍
That tower makes my two 60-foot crank-up towers and their dipoles look like spider webs spun between porcupine quills in comparison. Even so, I can handle all the antennas by myself, w/o heavy equipment, but I have to admit, an 80-meter yagi must be quite a dream. I wonder how it would compare to a 1/4-wave 80-meter ground-mounted vertical, performance-wise? Different antennas for perturbing the aether in different ways under different conditions. Gotta love it. 73 --WA7QZR
Yeah … don’t We all wish we had enough money to do something like that. Me ? . . . A two-story house with a 20 foot pole on top, Just three guidewires and a die pole on top. And you know what? I bet you, on certain days it gets out better than his big old 80m beam. It’s not how big the toy is. It’s how well you use what you’ve got. 😁 yeah, no… I’m kidding🤪
I agree. It's getting like professional radio, not amateur radio. H/b ssb/cw 5 Watt radio, five h/b 20m to 10m dipoles, h/b 60m inverted vee, h/b 4 el collinear for 2m. Oh, and an FT817ND I got really for portable due to it's small size carrying on a motorbike. G4GHB.
The Height must be a part of 1/4 wave lenght , means 20 40 60 80 100 120 meters cut 10 meters. We work with ground wave, for normaly the half lenght must be range into the erth. So u can put a long wire on Erth works better :-)
Wow...... Welcome to the world on 80 m nice. In Germany no way to get a license for that Monster...a dream to work with it....have fun with it mny dx 73 see u on 3753 sometime.....DL6KA
That’s standard on a job site most of the time it’s too noisy for voice on the high rise jobs you will see ground men with headsets because the operator will be out of view of the area where the action is .
Free climbing above 6' is an OSHA violation. All radio tower person must be attached to the structure 100% of the time, while above 6". Nice antenna installation!
I put a cable from top to bottom when I put up my HDBX 95. Thinking about that in advance Free climbing is allowed. A guy that helped me on mine does all of those TV towers over in Floyd’s Knobs that the Louisville stations place their transmitters.
Maybe I'm wrong but to me looks more like 40m Yagi.At 0.14 the distance between boom and joint is more like 3.5 m then 7m compared to one guy in background..At 2.38 you can see that this is 1/3 of half radial so the whole one must it must be around 20m and not 40m.And finally for 80m band the radials must be around same lenght as that tower
Надолго ли хватит этой антенны? Ветер быстро расшатает эту конструкцию. Антенна "Мамонт" финских радиолюбителей, сделанная более прочно, упала через пять лет. Делаем ставки господа! Через сколько времени она развалится?
As a photographer, I could buy a Nikkor 600mm f/4 lens that is very long and very fast, for $15,000. And I thought I had an expensive hobby.😁 But anyway, will this yagi handle the wind when atop a 145 ft. tower?
Is it really still 'amateur' radio with a set up like in this video? 5 h/b dipoles in my attic, 20 to 10m and a h/b 60m band inverted vee outside bent into my small garden with the centre about 26 feet. A h/b 4 el collinear for 2m. My h/b ssb/cw 5 Watt radio plus FT817ND. I get out even with my 5 Watts. G4GHB.
@@johnratcliffe6438 Yes, of course. I don't do contests or use repeaters but people do like them. Lots of choices, c.w., microwaves, rtty, SOTA, moonbounce, t.v., low frequencies etc. It caters for all. 73, Bill, G4GHB.
@PapaWheelie1 Antenna Theory says there are some feed methods to use without insulation from the ground. Search for 'us marine antenna'. There is a commercial AM antenna near me. It sits on a pad of polyethylene (the white plastic inside coax connecters), the pad is about 6 inch thick, and 3 feet across. Hope that helps.
I'd have to guess north of $50K factoring in the men and the crane time. Those cranes went for $250-450/hour with a 4 hour minimum back when I was working 10 years ago. Gotta be more now.
OSHA does allow free climbing in some situations I had a guy that does all of those TV towers in Floyd’s Knobs give me a hand as he puts it can be more dangerous to keep locking on or off when he is on the antenna array it self.
Made it look like it was easy. I have troubles with a 3 element 10 meter yagi on a 30 foot pole. Well done, great work.
That right there is art and science in motion. Absolutely beautiful. Hope you have many years of enjoyment. Thank you for your contribution to the amateur radio community. 73’s
You Guys did a Heck of a Job to get this Monster Monoband Yagi up . 73 de Uncle Günter 💯👌🍻
Thank you, Gunter. Lots of work before what you saw in the video. Bob, several of his friends, and Hector, the fella at the top of the tower, spent nearly a week getting ready for the lift.
Well done. You chose the right tower, the right antenna, and the right tower buster. Hector is da man! -NA6O
Sad to see so many bitter comments. Be happy for him.
Exactly, we call this begrudgery here in Ireland.
I'm with you.
Damn! Very nice! That's the way to do it when you are not near salt water.
That's a mighty big antenna you're putting up just to listen to some old dudes complain about aches, and pains, and when their next VA appointment is. 🤣
Very cool. 👍
Wow, what an epic antenna! Super!
That sure would look good in my back yard. Great video, I hope to work you on the air waves someday. 73"s
Nice Work! Work the world!!! Don't let the critics get you down. 73!
Amazing setup for 80m congrats, perhaps a few videos to demonstrate this wonderful antenna in action ?
She’s a beautiful sight 👍
You got more balls than I have Sir. That is high and I like the tower Sri
🙋♂️ Грандиозная конструкция! 👍
Fantastic set up that dreams are made of.
Why negative comments? Wish I had real estate and the money...enjoy!!!!
Yeah, me too, but I would but in a 40-10 setup. I'm not a fan of 80 except for NVIS work on the ECOM nets locally.
That's a lot of antenna! Great video. Thank you.
The Tower is a Rohn 65 and the antenna is about 143 feet up. The tower sections are 20 foot long.
I showed this to my wife. She said you're not putting that within 100 miles of our backyard!
That tower makes my two 60-foot crank-up towers and their dipoles look like spider webs spun between porcupine quills in comparison. Even so, I can handle all the antennas by myself, w/o heavy equipment, but I have to admit, an 80-meter yagi must be quite a dream. I wonder how it would compare to a 1/4-wave 80-meter ground-mounted vertical, performance-wise? Different antennas for perturbing the aether in different ways under different conditions. Gotta love it. 73 --WA7QZR
С ДУБА ПАДАЛИ ЛИСТЬЯ ЯСЕНИ....... Несбыточная мечта в этой жизни😎
московська балачка у інтернеті
มโหฬารจริงๆ ไม่เคยเห็นที่ไหนมาก่อน ขอบคุณ ผม HS9DHK
The installer also had to be lifted with a crane.😂 3 elements at 80m is a dream. 73 de RA5O!
Yeah … don’t We all wish we had enough money to do something like that.
Me ? . . . A two-story house with a 20 foot pole on top, Just three guidewires and a die pole on top. And you know what? I bet you, on certain days it gets out better than his big old 80m beam. It’s not how big the toy is. It’s how well you use what you’ve got. 😁 yeah, no… I’m kidding🤪
I agree. It's getting like professional radio, not amateur radio.
H/b ssb/cw 5 Watt radio, five h/b 20m to 10m dipoles, h/b 60m inverted vee, h/b 4 el collinear for 2m. Oh, and an FT817ND I got really for portable due to it's small size carrying on a motorbike.
G4GHB.
I do have enough money to do that. It's just tied up in a house at the moment and my wife doesn't like camping.
The Height must be a part of 1/4 wave lenght , means 20 40 60 80 100 120 meters cut 10 meters. We work with ground wave, for normaly the half lenght must be range into the erth. So u can put a long wire on Erth works better :-)
Must be nice to have that kind of dollars to play radio with!
Great job. Super antenna.
Wow...... Welcome to the world on 80 m nice. In Germany no way to get a license for that Monster...a dream to work with it....have fun with it mny dx 73 see u on 3753 sometime.....DL6KA
Funny that they're using hand signals for communication instead of a simple headset walkie talkie, just saying.
That’s standard on a job site most of the time it’s too noisy for voice on the high rise jobs you will see ground men with headsets because the operator will be out of view of the area where the action is .
Also, they are universal form of communication between the crane operator and the workmen regardless of their nationality or native language.
Size does matter...what she said, folks!
Bit over the top ant it 😮
I like 40m better, each his own! We helped K1ZM take down some of his antennas and towers. Big job! Enjoy 80m!
VERY GOOD !!!!GDX !!!from US4ET Victor.73!!!!!
Да уж, мечта советского радиолюбителя. Бешеных бабок стоит 😁😁😁- (непереводимая фраза) 😂😂😂
Почему же не переводимая? Бешеные бабки это "отряды Путина"😅
Wow! 👏👏👏
Great job!
Free climbing above 6' is an OSHA violation. All radio tower person must be attached to the structure 100% of the time, while above 6". Nice antenna installation!
Think he was fastened to a wire all the way up.
I put a cable from top to bottom when I put up my HDBX 95. Thinking about that in advance Free climbing is allowed. A guy that helped me on mine does all of those TV towers over in Floyd’s Knobs that the Louisville stations place their transmitters.
Wow!
труба от поворотки ,на которую прикрепили антенну, какая то хлипкая.
Да, странно как то...
Not a patch on my 53 foot wire in the attic!
Location location location
For 80m
A piece of 66ft wire , bamboo, on salt water
Maybe I'm wrong but to me looks more like 40m Yagi.At 0.14 the distance between boom and joint is more like 3.5 m then 7m compared to one guy in background..At 2.38 you can see that this is 1/3 of half radial so the whole one must it must be around 20m and not 40m.And finally for 80m band the radials must be around same lenght as that tower
The elements are loaded with coils to shorten their length. Size wise it is closer to a 40m yagi as you say.
Radials are not needed for a yagi...
Is it just me, or does it look like he climbing without being strapped in to the tower?
He was using a fall arrest stop line while climbing. I could see the line. I had that same thought at first.
How did he get his HOA to approve it?
Надолго ли хватит этой антенны? Ветер быстро расшатает эту конструкцию. Антенна "Мамонт" финских радиолюбителей, сделанная более прочно, упала через пять лет.
Делаем ставки господа! Через сколько времени она развалится?
Мыслить нужно позитивно.
потому что оттяжка порвалась. если за оттяжками следить то стоять сможет долго. темболее это антенна на 40, легка и всего 3 эл.
@@art564dsfsdsert Парусность, вот в чем беда.
The top tube is smaller than the boom
UN VIENTO FUERTE Y LO DOBLARÁ COMO UNA HIERBA
As a photographer, I could buy a Nikkor 600mm f/4 lens that is very long and very fast, for $15,000. And I thought I had an expensive hobby.😁 But anyway, will this yagi handle the wind when atop a 145 ft. tower?
Make it 2.8 and I'm in !
That's just one lens! You do have an expensive hobby.
wow that's nice!!!
Salve salve muito bom conteúdo vamos que vamos TMJs
Is it really still 'amateur' radio with a set up like in this video?
5 h/b dipoles in my attic, 20 to 10m and a h/b 60m band inverted vee outside bent into my small garden with the centre about 26 feet. A h/b 4 el collinear for 2m. My h/b ssb/cw 5 Watt radio plus FT817ND.
I get out even with my 5 Watts.
G4GHB.
Of course it is. Wallet thickness varies - this hobby accepts all sorts.
@@johnratcliffe6438 Not my idea of 'amateur' radio. I like building, modifying and tinkering with things. Always have.
G4GHB.
@billkitchen9899 And no-one is stopping you from doing that my friend. 73, John 2E0SVB
@@johnratcliffe6438 Yes, of course. I don't do contests or use repeaters but people do like them. Lots of choices, c.w., microwaves, rtty, SOTA, moonbounce, t.v., low frequencies etc. It caters for all.
73, Bill, G4GHB.
It only becomes Professional radio, when you apply and use a broadcast licence, lol
Nice Video! Who is the Tower made by?
TX tip Cyilinder 2000
What is the wind survival of an antenna that big?
Почему оставили наверху строп-ленту?
👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏 Vy 73 !
If I could just borrow that for 30 minutes…
Was it worth it like to see him work the radio
If I can afford to pay for this I also can afford to bring a bucket for the technician
S.E.T.I project ?? Good DX@@
Good luck and dx 73
Wow any chance I can use remote with that antenna 😁😁😁😁M0WHC
I want / need on here in DC....HIHI.
When you graduate from a Baofeng
chinese junk
more to QYT graduation perhaps
why 80 though? thats a lot of effort to rag chew.
So, at 80m, are the elements 1/2 wave? 40m long elements mean that each element is nearly as long as the tower is tall!
@mstover2809
Yeah, funny about that.
Most ppl would just use the tower as a vertical, like commercial am stations.
@@snakezdewiggle6084- Do you have to float the tower to do that like the AM stations?
@PapaWheelie1
Antenna Theory says there are some feed methods to use without insulation from the ground.
Search for 'us marine antenna'.
There is a commercial AM antenna near me. It sits on a pad of polyethylene (the white plastic inside coax connecters), the pad is about 6 inch thick, and 3 feet across.
Hope that helps.
@@PapaWheelie1 They can use "Shunt Feed" and tap onto the tower some distance from the ground.
@@mstover2809 - Very cool thanks
What I see is $$$
ALOT
I'd have to guess north of $50K factoring in the men and the crane time. Those cranes went for $250-450/hour with a 4 hour minimum back when I was working 10 years ago. Gotta be more now.
The weakest point to that installation is the pole right at the top of the tower
When you're taking amateur radio to seriously.
When ya have more money than sense.
Free climbing. Just irresponsible.
Falling from even 10 feet can be bad enough. This could have been a one way trip.
G4GHB.
It is amateur radio
OSHA does allow free climbing in some situations I had a guy that does all of those TV towers in Floyd’s Knobs give me a hand as he puts it can be more dangerous to keep locking on or off when he is on the antenna array it self.
Didn't you see the wire arrestor?
Thats not amateur radio.
Зачем вся эта Херь???? 😅😅😅😅
Зачем вы здесь? 🧐
Херь у вас в голове , а это мечта
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