Published: 4/10/2021
Tags: Amateur Radio and Electronics, The Clubhouse Project

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Time to finish up the antenna tower project.
With the tower standing proud and the Cushcraft A3S tri-band beam
assembled, it was time to run it up the waiting tramline and bolt it to the
mast.
With the u-bolts a bit less than finger-tight, I was able to push the
antenna up the mast a little more to get it where I wanted it.
Then, with the u-bolts just finger-tight, I used a compass to get it
pointed North (taking magnetic declination into account) before tightening
them up all the way.
On my way down, I stopped to connect the a short whip of ultra-flexible
coax that I had previously connected to the antenna to the less-flexible
run of coax coming up the inside of the tower.
Then, on my way down I dressed the coax and rotator control cable safely
to the inside of one of the tower legs.
Finally, it was time for tea and a rest while we admired our work.
The antenna played great in November Sweeps 😀