I hired a group to remove 8 of them off a tower. Jay Panozzo owned it before me and he hired a group to do it and all they removed was the Heliax. They used a beasty gin pole and a nice winch to remove it all. Took them 3 days. Had to cut most of the bolts off.
Regards, Chuck On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Apparently the list doesn’t allow .kmz attachments. Try this: > lat 41°50'40.24"N > lon 88°55'23.13"W > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, October 05, 2015 10:06 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Free 6 ft size, 6 GHz high performance > dish,you haul > > 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 <[email protected]> > *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 <[email protected]> > *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] > <[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] > <[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> > > > > > >
