If you open the attached placemark in Google Earth, you can see 3 cornucopias lying on the ground. The two recent removals are plainly visible, the third one was removed years ago off the concrete tower and brush has grown around it making it harder to spot. I believe 2 are AFC fiberglass horns and probably have zero scrap value, the 3rd is an Andrew metal horn.
I remember reading that the 4 delay lens antennas on the upper deck of the concrete tower were brought in by helicopter to restore that tower to historical accuracy. That deck almost looks like a helipad, on a calm day you could probably land a helicopter on it. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 9:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Free 6 ft size, 6 GHz high performance dish,you haul There’s always the helicopter option. I found a video of taking down a cornucopia (conical horn) with a helicopter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU1J1D6CpaE From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 7:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Free 6 ft size, 6 GHz high performance dish,you haul It's possible they attached the dishes to the final tower segment before raising it with a gin pole attached to the second-to-last tower segment? Or the original install involved a big truck crane raising the dish, two guys with two separate tag lines tied off on the front left/right sides of the dish to keep it under control, and a couple of guys on the tower to mount it. On 10/5/15 5:00 PM, Craig House wrote: I have wondered the same thing. I have talked to a crane company about removing them just to free up the wind load they create but for the cost of the crane I'd think I could do it myself if it were not for the issue of not having an attachment above the dish. The top dishes actually are about 2 feet above the top of the tower. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Eric Kuhnke" mailto:[email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 6:40:55 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Free 6 ft size, 6 GHz high performance dish, you haul I wonder how they got the dishes on the top of that in place originally. Crane?� Based on my knowledge of rigging methods, I'm trying to figure out in my head a way to establish an anchor and pulley above those dishes to lower it with a steel cable and winch, but they're right at the top of the tower. Or vice versa, to raise one following a cable path at a 35-45 degree angle... There is a 25-floor building near here with a nice 8 ft size 6 GHz Andrew dish. I could have it for free. It's built from heavy gauge everything and probably weighs 600 pounds. The only way to get it down now would be a helicopter, it's been up there 25+ years. On 10/5/15 4:21 PM, Craig House wrote: I have six of them on the tower that are 8 foot and 12 foot size if anyone wants to come get them off the tower they can have them Sent from my iPhone On Oct 5, 2015, at 18:17, Eric Kuhnke mailto:[email protected] wrote: It's located on a hilltop in Bo, Sierra Leone. Bring a capable 4x4. Photos attached. Any takers? :) <IMG_20150227_122749.jpg> <IMG_20150227_130030.jpg>
