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G8MNY  > TECHNI   05.10.26 09:35l 38 Lines 1307 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Chimney Pot Sky Hook
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      GB7CIP
Sent: 261005/0634Z @:GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO #:7062 [Caterham Surrey GBR] $:7062_GB
From: G8MNY@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO
To  : TECH@WW

By G8MNY                                     (Update Aug 23)
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I have used a mild steel bar 6mm x 600mm shaped like a butcher's hook, with an
insulated loop at the bottom and put into a sturdy chimney pot, to support 160m
long wire aerial going over the house.

           ____  Insulated 
    steel /.--,\  loop
±±   bar  Ý ±± Þ ___
±±   over Ý ±± Þ//~\\  .ú'
±±   top  Ý ±± \\__//ú'
±±   of   Ý ±±  ~~~~ú aerial wire
±±   Pot    ±±       '.threaded
±±          ±±         ú in loop

To insulate the loop I put on 150mm of polly tubing, & over that some garden
hose pipe, before bending it in to a loop in a strong vice, & leaving just
enough gap to let the wire in.

To put it in place once the wire was threaded @ 11m up, I "loosely" taped it to
a thin light 5m pole, that went through the loop. Then using a ladder at only
gutter height aimed it at the pot. Once in place I worked the pole to free it
from the tape. When the wire broke, recovery was done with the same 5m pole
this time threaded it into the loop hole and the wire soon replaced.


See my TECH bul on "Tree Antenna Sky Hooks" & "Casting Lead Throwing Weights"


Why Don't U send an interesting bul?

73 de John G8MNY @ GB7CIP



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