I helped as ground crew installing a new tower at Tom NY4I’s house today.
Dan K1TO is a very experienced tower installer, he made it look easy. It was my first time seeing how a gin pole works.
We pulled up 3 sections of Rohn 55 tower onto about half a section that was above ground as the base. There’s still a last mast to be installed at the top of the tower which will hold the main antenna, but they’re saving that for another day. For now Dan installed a 2m/70cm vertical. It was an interesting day seeing how it all goes together.
Here’s a video of the tower going up: