Donny M is alive

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

and living in a transmitter site in south St. Louis. Here is a picture of him with the equpiment he has been installing for the last 3 weeks with another week or two to go. this combines the outptu of 10 different FM broadcast radio stations to a single feed so they can all share a singel antenna.



Here he is beside one of the 2 antennas that will be installed atop the 1,000 foot tower in the next few days. this antenan weighs 15,000 pounds, and it's mate barely visible to the left weighs 22,000 pounds.



sorry for the blotchy colors, nut I am still on dial up and compressed the pix quite a bit to reduce tiem required to upload.

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Here is a tower crew on their hway up to prepare for hositing the tower. The basket is begenough to hold 10 people plus tools, and is approximately 600 feeet up at thsi point.




This is the gin pole used to pull the heavy antennas up into place. The antennas are hoiste dwith a diesel powered winch using 7/8 steel cable.

[Rick Prentice]

WOW

Make sure you show a pic when it's all up, please

Rick

[beaconlight]

Wow It is great. I have worked with wave guide but never at the power that looks to use. I haven't heard the term gin pole but once since my grandfather passed away in 1948. He did marine rigging. At the time I was the one that used the term. I was hoisting a slate to use as a chimney cap for a double chimney.

Bill

[Rudi]

Donny:

For God's sake boy.. you be safe up there... dang.. that is one huge tenna..

Nope.. not for me.. there would go my tummy...

60-100 feet is high enough and now it HAS to be in a bucket on a crane or NOT AT ALL.

Man, that is a big project... All that copper is some nice... pretty wave guides...

but there is no way I wanna be in there when they is transmitting... ooops.. wave burns.... hmmmmm good thing I am too old to be a daddy again

And yup.. I gotta see some high res pics of this antenna setup when you are done

keep us posted, and EJ.. thanks for posting them for us

[ljw]

John, awesome, and very interesting pics. Thanks for sharing. I suppose Donny has to ride up in that rig. I could never do it! Larry

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

I hinted that I owuld like to ride up to the top, but was ignored. I assume their insurance, etc. would frown on it. I'll try ot get a chance for some pics after it is up., job is aobut 85 miles away.

[Mag Man]

I was wondering how to get ahold of Donny. I sent him a check about a month ago and I think he must be holding it for his retirement or something. The wife was trying to balance the bussiness check book and it kept coming up wrong and she thought I had been to harbor freight again, lol I said nope Ill bet its that darn check I sent to TX must be the poney exspress needs some hay or something to get up here to my bank in NY.
JON

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

send him an emial JOn, he reads it a couple times a week on the job. He has been on this job for 3 weeks or a little more, so the check may have come after he left.

[Bigdog]

Donny has been a very busy boy!