369 Antenna Build - Installing The Guy Wires!
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- The fantastic performing 369 Antenna needs to remain high up in the air for the Grand Receiver Restoration Series. In this video, the guy wires get installed to hold it in place. Enjoy!
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Nice to see another project where everything is done the best way possible, nothing rushed, no expense spared.
Cutting corners and being cheap when doing any kind of serious antenna work just results in an extremely expensive lesson about gravity
love the pov version of these vids to feel more immersed like we're there with you. keep up the good work Paul.
Thanks for your input James.
@@MrCarlsonsLab your welcome Paul
Having the right tools for the job always makes the job easier!
High maintenance with Mr Carlson ! 😀
I see what you did there :^)
Hi, Mr. Carlson! Always a pleasure to visit. Thank You for having me present.📻📺
Just a little heads up on that guy line you have in the bush,my son tore down my whole tower with my gulf cart because he did not see that line so put some sort of demarcation like the utility uses .and another tip ,on those turn buckles put a jam nut on the right hand thread so you prevent it from spinning loose. Love your content keep up the great work :)
Thanks Mr. C. So cool. How many guys have their own bucket truck? Really. This video was interesting and a ton of fun. Appreciated.
Needed that bucket truck. Job went very well and safety never took a shortcut! Excellent content Paul.
Thanks!
The audio on this recording features some amazing low frequency pickup of the engine on your truck. Listening through headphones 🎧.
Mr C you've got to be one of the most talented instructors/teachers professors in electronics I've ever met. You make it fun and interesting and easily digested. Thank you my friend!
I am studying electrical engineering. This channel is inspiring me in such a way. This man is an expert in electricsl things. I want to be like him.
"Careful fumbling always pays off"- Mr Carlson. I like that idea.
Instead of killing the engine to engage the pto without grinding, shift the transmission into Drive and stand still. The gears will not turn and the pto engages right in. Don't know if you were aware of that or not. Just a helpful tip Mr. C!
Yep, we had some Ford F-450s at work with PTOs on them and nobody told me to do that for the longest time (the culture at work was always to just watch someone fail/struggle while glaring at them rather than actually help them.) Finally I mentioned offhand to someone that I hated how the PTO grinds when engaging, and they finally told me to clutch in, shift into gear, THEN pull the PTO knob out. Hated working there.
Mr Carlson your antenna Build and installing the guy wires is cool 😎 👌 👍 😀 😄 😉 😎 👌 👍
Just want to say this channel inspired me to become an electronics technician in the navy.
Thanks for your kind feedback!
Was waiting for this friendly neighbourhood kid to walk into the shot like 'HI MISTER CARLSON!!' and then start pulling some levers on the truck. 😂
That bucket truck was a huge help. You did a great job. As long as the house doesn't fall down it's going nowhere.
That was not a request to test that theory. 😁
Those outriggers are the strongest design. Tube in Tube. Can't get better. Longer lasting, also, than exposed ram and hinged. Less moving parts. Win Win. Also, the hoses and shafts are protected. I am sure your choice (to buy this) was based on this design, not by chance. You amaze me, Mr. Carlson. When you worked on the generator and did steel work and welding I was like WHA? You are a multi faceted genius. You chose the correct bucket truck. That baby is Awesome. I know very little about electronics but I was fascinated by it since 1969. I know much more since watching you and Uncle Doug.
Thank You for your kind feedback!
Nice job Paul. I love the pine trees in your area there
Paul, I wonder if using stainless steel welding wire would work for you when the steel wire gets changed.
About the cable clamps - my brother works for the power company and his cable clamp rule is: "Never saddle a dead horse."
Since the load on your guy wires is so low it doesn't matter which way you install the clamps.
All the very best to you and yours, Kevin
Everything in the workshop is so neat, tidy and perfect but oh that lawn. how about a few programs showing a garden make-over?
The man has his own bucket truck. How blessed can you be? Great video!
"Never saddle a dead horse" is the wire/cable riggers lament. Meaning don't have the dead, not under tension, lead on the saddle side of the saddle clamp. The tension lead has to be in the saddle. You'll have to change the ones that you did this too Mr Carlson for the ultra perfect installation.
Wow Paul I’m proper jealous! Amazing stuff
Well, that was a surprise. Mr. Carlson in a utility truck I need to up my game.
Did tower work ( self employed ) for years, would have been great to have a bucket truck, but never made enough to afford one. Good video, and hope to see more.
I still think you should consider putting a common mode choke or transformer at the feedpoint so the coax will not become part of the antenna, and pick up noise on its journey into your lab.
This is extremely awesome.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another fantastic job. This antenna is such a useful tool, you need it to be there for the long haul.
The only thing I found slightly distracting in this video was the fisheye camera lens effect. Aside from that, really enjoed seeing this last part of the project done with us having virtually the same PoV as you would have.
Beautyful work done! 👍🏻
Thank you very much!
I enjoy your videos Mr Carlson.Thanks for posting.
You are very welcome!
Mr Carlsons my hobbies are painting pictures and listening to shortwave and ssb I have 4 shortwave receivers iam thinking about getting my ham license
What? I let 9 days go by without seeing this after published? Created similar from your original video, but not as elaborate. The welding wire still very taught after one Michigan winter. :)
I trusted you knew what you were doing, Mr. C. You're always safety-minded. :)
Hello Paul!! Many thanks for another video! That bucket truck looks like it's in VERY GOOD shape and seems to run quite well!! Looks like it's a JOY to use with that real sensitive and precision control system!! I figure it has proportional control valves? I always enjoy watching Mr Carlson's Lab videos always very instructional and very enjoyable to watch!! 73's from John Bellas KC2UVN
Hi everyone, welcome to another episode of Mr. Carlson's Garage......you have a BUCKET TRUCK!!!! How cool is that?
You still have green up there! Not here in central Calif. But it did rain last couple days.
Your ‘height’ out-of-comfort-zone was handled magnificently. I can see a pattern here - all things yet unknown shall be conquered and be made good. Great content Mr C 🍹
That should work great for the worst of our weather, Grandpa Paul.
I was wondering how far you were going to cantilever out from the vehicle ... and the "worse" thing that can happen would be that a person riding that bucket was not always looking around and not taking all the proper precautions. Appears you are very safe. Good Job!!
consider putting a little cap to stop water getting inside the pole
That should hold it in place Paul. My cherry picker is in for a service 🤣🤣🤣
Wow 👏 Tremendous project 👏
Very nice video Mr Carlson sir. Sir please careful on higher buildings thank you so much Mr Carlson sir for sharing another nice video.
Really enjoyed this video, thank you. There is something very relaxing seeing a job well done. It's also nice to see outside the lab.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent job Paul. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks for sharing.😀
I respect your dedication to excellent content Sir!
I appreciate that Larry!
Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend!
fluid film the out riggers and u won't have any rust, and super slick moving out righers
I love the wipe at the end :)
Mr C.👍👍 Excellent work, thorough and precise. With a single mast like that, it's imperative to guy it out properly and this looks an A-1 job. Both of my Rohn towers are set in concrete and anchored to opposite sides of my structure. Even though free standing I still wish sometimes in windy conditions they were guyed but so far so good, they've been up for over 20yrs now. Thanks for another enlightened video. Enjoy!
If I had a bucket truck sitting in my driveway I would also have a ridiculously massive antenna setup.🤣
9:53 i have a pair of locking pliers for that operation. Small ones, about a palm long and with flat toothless jaws. Perfect to keep the wire from walking away.
you have a bucket truck?! The guys at Field Day must love you!
Thank you for this video. Yes, it knows something those antennas. I've had my share. Seen 17-9-22 at 21:45.
I just watched this and the previous video on the inspection, and when you mentioned a grandkid on the way I thought to myself, "I always thought Mr Carlson was about the same age as me..." Then I realized I'm old enough to be a grandfather too... Yikes!
"My bucket truck" Now I am jealous
Great Job Paul ! I'd bet, that installation will last through any ice storm ! The only thing that I would have added is, apply some medium strength Loctite to all the threaded hardware. All those wires can really sing, in a stiff breeze !
I love fiddling about with antennas. Incredibly therapeutic. Even watching you doing it is enjoyable Mr. C. In a few weeks time im going on holiday in the desert and am gonna be running a few BoG's (beverage on ground).. Looking forward to it.
I’ve loved this series so far so I have decided to make my own as a replacement for my “washing line” receive antenna made out of rg58 centre conductor.
Good timing, Paul. I'm about to do the same with a 40M dipole antenna I'm attaching to the soffit overhang of my 2nd floor balcony. I appreciate the view of the parts you used as I now know what to order. It doesn't look difficult but I've no room for a bucket truck or a ladder so I will have to be especially careful with the roof work.
The safety ninnies strike again...
Makes me wonder how anything gets done nowadays with all the extreme safety precations!! No matter how many "precautions" you take, the incompetent will find a new way to get hurt!!! Here's an idea... Hire good people!!! Problem solved🙂 You are a master Mr Carlson!!! Always a pleasure to watch you work!!! 73's sir, and happy DXing ;-)
loved the video and very jealous of the bucket truck!
one tip however!
the rule of thumb when using those crosby clips is "never saddle a dead horse" meaning that the "u-bolt" part of the clip should go over the "dead" end of the cable. the dead end being the end that is doing nothing. the saddle portion of the clip should always go on the live end of the cable, AKA the end that is under tension and doing the work.
What a great project. How did you implement (or how are you planning) lightning protection? That might be a cool subject for a future video.
I think he installed it at the bottom of the mast back when he did that video.
@@jimdavis6833 Oh Thanks Jim, I'll watch that.
Never saddle a dead horse.
LOL, it's not a lifeline, and holds maybe 20 pounds. It will NEVER break.
Excellent job, only critique I can offer? is I would have left a "Rat's tail" on the end of the cable after the crimp to slide it thru the turnbuckle center hole and attached to the opposite side. that prevents the turnbuckle from getting loose and slacking the guy wire. it can only go about a 1/2 turn either way. but still a great job! thanks for the video and for sharing! de Ellis WA1RKS
enjoyed
What star sign are you, Mr Carlson.
lol your neighbors must think you're a mad scientist 😂
I'm sure they do.
@@MrCarlsonsLab the KFI antennae is a couple miles away from me (I think it's about 650' tall- what a beast!). It's a great spot for a shop. Very easy to test lead dress with that blowtorch out there. Cheers and hope alls well out there.
Great job! So cool to see some good antenna action.
Nice
You should lock your turn buckles for if the cable move at all the turn buckles can come undone, I have had this happen.
They can't rotate, the cable is locked in position by the eyelet at the top, and by the locking link on the bottom.
paul'''''nice freshly painted bucket truck''''nice new alumunum ladder''''''''now all you need is a ''six pack'''''''''''good job '''''''''''james, oklahoma.
Jay the Florida pool pump motor repair guy When Service Calls Longwood approved ! that was good info 2 know/see 👨🔧Mr Carlson
Is the 369 antenna a receive only or can you transmitt on it as well
The antenna is designed for receive only.
Dig it, love your channel !!!
Nice project 👏 I don't know if it is possible but can you run a higher current through the antenna wire to melt the snow in winter? Just curious if this can work or not.
The feedline center conductor would have to be much larger, and the opposite end of the antennas would have to have some sort of relay system that would connect to make a circuit, then be able to go very high impedance when open.
Anyone mind if I dead key this frequency for ten minutes? I have some ice to melt. 🙃
I have a similar guying arrangement here and balancing the guy wire tension to maintain a straight mast was very challenging as I to was working alone so I suspect that it took you rather longer than the 30 minute video. 🙂. Your antenna looks extremely capable of handling this years winter and many more to come i'm sure. Thank you for sharing this with the community it was very enjoyable to watch and also reassure's the wife that I am not the only one who strives to perfection when it comes to antenna's. lol. 73s Paul from Ian M5AXA
Man that bucket truck must be great for all sorts of home maintenance
Deer hunting and spying on neighbors...
@@peatmoss4415 i was thinking more about painting trim, but those will work as well.
You should have used springs for expansion
Well this was refreshingly different.
I like your videos
If you had have measured the distance of the vertical mast portion and the horizontal distance to the guy points, then taken in the measurements of the turnbuckle lengths and fittings, then use Pythagorus's theorem rules. You could have then pre-cut and set in place everything on the ground, the only limitation would be how accurately you measured. I have been doing this on guyed masts and setting squares on building sites for years, Pythagorus IS an exact science.
U have ur own bucket truck? Cool
Considering the guy wires are connected to the trusses on the roof, and since you most likely would not get hurricane winds in Canada, lightning would be a large concern. You probably have a lightning arrestor connected.
If only I had a bucket truck.
I do have a bucket.
Your neighbors must bug you all the time for Xmas light help lol
I'd say sure !
Then come back with my ladder. 😁
369 Tesla would approve
As they say in my neck of the woods "jobs a good 'n".
That was fun. Thanks
GA Paul: maybe a suggestion, how about a spacer between the antenna wires, maybe a long paint stir stick, ?? FWIW Cheers J
There's no radio in your truck!
Surprisingly stable images. Looks like hard- and software stabilizing ?
GoPro hero 10. Works great, but overheats and shuts off :^/
@@MrCarlsonsLab Thanks for that info. Been reading some reviews for the GoPro 10, and one speaks about shutting down below 0 °C as a contradiction, but definitely some temperature issues.
Nice satisfying project done well. Only one small tip - grab some sort of tool bag or heavy pouch and don’t have tools in your hands when climbing. Seen bad things happen from that. Cheers!
What aerial device are you using to get up in the air. I am a designer and builder of Altec buckets. Good to see some industry equipment out there doing work at that age.
Did you ever know any of the guys who do the real big boy antennas? When they change the strobe at the tip they're a random stupid thought away from certain death. These are a different breed.
reminds me of the old style ship antenna wires strung from mast to mast. i wonder of the similarities in equipment?
Is there any lightning protection on the antenna?
Does the front end of the radio it's connected to count?
@@MrCarlsonsLab I would presume so but the subject of grounding in ham radio is so confusing to me. I read one of AARL’s books on it and still feel bewildered by the subject matter. Although I can truly say I am blown away by the size and scale of your antenna. :)
@@MrCarlsonsLab I laughed a bit too hard at that.
Just wondered if you are aware that the cable end to the roof side you used U-clamps which requires that the U part of the clamp goes to the bitter end side of the cable. I couldn't quite tell from the video. You did do a Boss job, very good....