80 m, 3 Element Yagi Installation on a 110 Foot Tower

[@kymhaniford]

Made it look like it was easy. I have troubles with a 3 element 10 meter yagi on a 30 foot pole. Well done, great work.

[@Paul_KG]

That right there is art and science in motion. Absolutely beautiful. Hope you have many years of enjoyment. Thank you for your contribution to the amateur radio community. 73’s

[@wb9jps]

Well done. You chose the right tower, the right antenna, and the right tower buster. Hector is da man! -NA6O

[@DK5ONV]

You Guys did a Heck of a Job to get this Monster Monoband Yagi up . 73 de Uncle Günter 💯👌🍻

[@randyfoltz2355]

Thank you, Gunter. Lots of work before what you saw in the video. Bob, several of his friends, and Hector, the fella at the top of the tower, spent nearly a week getting ready for the lift.

[@W1ZY]

Damn! Very nice! That's the way to do it when you are not near salt water.

[@АндрейВолгин-д4д]

Wow, what an epic antenna! Super!

[@kevinreid3529]

That sure would look good in my back yard. Great video, I hope to work you on the air waves someday. 73"s

[@johnratcliffe6438]

Sad to see so many bitter comments. Be happy for him.

[@o00scorpion00o]

Exactly, we call this begrudgery here in Ireland.

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

I'm with you.

[@o00scorpion00o]

Amazing setup for 80m congrats, perhaps a few videos to demonstrate this wonderful antenna in action ?

[@phillipzx3754]

That's a mighty big antenna you're putting up just to listen to some old dudes complain about aches, and pains, and when their next VA appointment is. 🤣 Very cool. 👍

[@gewglesux]

hahhaha that's 80m for ya!

[@jplewis01]

Nice Work! Work the world!!! Don't let the critics get you down. 73!

[@victoryfirst2878]

You got more balls than I have Sir. That is high and I like the tower Sri

[@Bob-wf3uc]

The Tower is a Rohn 65 and the antenna is about 143 feet up. The tower sections are 20 foot long.

[@Mike--WA7QZR]

That tower makes my two 60-foot crank-up towers and their dipoles look like spider webs spun between porcupine quills in comparison. Even so, I can handle all the antennas by myself, w/o heavy equipment, but I have to admit, an 80-meter yagi must be quite a dream. I wonder how it would compare to a 1/4-wave 80-meter ground-mounted vertical, performance-wise? Different antennas for perturbing the aether in different ways under different conditions. Gotta love it. 73 --WA7QZR

[@stevene1194]

That's a lot of antenna! Great video. Thank you.

[@romanpiskun5060]

🙋‍♂️ Грандиозная конструкция! 👍

[@saltire546]

Fantastic set up that dreams are made of.

[@ГеннадийМальцев-ч3л]

С ДУБА ПАДАЛИ ЛИСТЬЯ ЯСЕНИ....... Несбыточная мечта в этой жизни😎

[@ivanbraga3372]

московська балачка у інтернеті

[@sokotofumikomi]

Why negative comments? Wish I had real estate and the money...enjoy!!!!

[@AlvinMcManus]

Yeah, me too, but I would but in a 40-10 setup. I'm not a fan of 80 except for NVIS work on the ECOM nets locally.

[@hs9dhkchia853]

มโหฬารจริงๆ ไม่เคยเห็นที่ไหนมาก่อน ขอบคุณ ผม HS9DHK

[@donmartin7460]

She’s a beautiful sight 👍

[@АндрейБобков-е2п]

The installer also had to be lifted with a crane.😂 3 elements at 80m is a dream. 73 de RA5O!

[@matforsbon]

Funny that they're using hand signals for communication instead of a simple headset walkie talkie, just saying.

[@jhonsiders6077]

That’s standard on a job site most of the time it’s too noisy for voice on the high rise jobs you will see ground men with headsets because the operator will be out of view of the area where the action is .

[@Dan-56]

Also, they are universal form of communication between the crane operator and the workmen regardless of their nationality or native language.

[@MrFoxy1951]

Not a patch on my 53 foot wire in the attic!

[@drewsmith6066]

Bit over the top ant it 😮

[@burhan233]

Да уж, мечта советского радиолюбителя. Бешеных бабок стоит 😁😁😁- (непереводимая фраза) 😂😂😂

[@ddrffb1001]

Почему же не переводимая? Бешеные бабки это "отряды Путина"😅

[@super-8]

The Height must be a part of 1/4 wave lenght , means 20 40 60 80 100 120 meters cut 10 meters. We work with ground wave, for normaly the half lenght must be range into the erth. So u can put a long wire on Erth works better :-)

[@michaelhamilton3778]

Yeah … don’t We all wish we had enough money to do something like that. Me ? . . . A two-story house with a 20 foot pole on top, Just three guidewires and a die pole on top. And you know what? I bet you, on certain days it gets out better than his big old 80m beam. It’s not how big the toy is. It’s how well you use what you’ve got. 😁 yeah, no… I’m kidding🤪

[@bill-2018]

I agree. It's getting like professional radio, not amateur radio. H/b ssb/cw 5 Watt radio, five h/b 20m to 10m dipoles, h/b 60m inverted vee, h/b 4 el collinear for 2m. Oh, and an FT817ND I got really for portable due to it's small size carrying on a motorbike. G4GHB.

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

I do have enough money to do that. It's just tied up in a house at the moment and my wife doesn't like camping.

[@DL6KA]

Wow...... Welcome to the world on 80 m nice. In Germany no way to get a license for that Monster...a dream to work with it....have fun with it mny dx 73 see u on 3753 sometime.....DL6KA

[@GearZenChannel]

What is the wind survival of an antenna that big?

[@videog7747]

I showed this to my wife. She said you're not putting that within 100 miles of our backyard!

[@gewglesux]

you should've told her... "i'm not askin"

[@AlvinMcManus]

Must be nice to have that kind of dollars to play radio with!

[@ВячеславСадонин]

Почему оставили наверху строп-ленту?

[@Alex_Yakovlev]

Надолго ли хватит этой антенны? Ветер быстро расшатает эту конструкцию. Антенна "Мамонт" финских радиолюбителей, сделанная более прочно, упала через пять лет. Делаем ставки господа! Через сколько времени она развалится?

[@ddrffb1001]

Мыслить нужно позитивно.

[@Alex_Yakovlev]

@art564dsfsdsert Парусность, вот в чем беда.

[@xv9g]

Great job. Super antenna.

[@ronnys7110]

The top tube is smaller than the boom

[@sparty837]

How did he get his HOA to approve it?

[@gewglesux]

he was smart not get involved with that mess anyhow

[@baikushex0et682]

Location location location For 80m A piece of 66ft wire , bamboo, on salt water

[@василийтёркин-к4р]

труба от поворотки ,на которую прикрепили антенну, какая то хлипкая.

[@radiorx3562]

Да, странно как то...

[@stevensproull9388]

Nice Video! Who is the Tower made by?

[@dennisk5818]

As a photographer, I could buy a Nikkor 600mm f/4 lens that is very long and very fast, for $15,000. And I thought I had an expensive hobby.😁 But anyway, will this yagi handle the wind when atop a 145 ft. tower?

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

Make it 2.8 and I'm in !

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

That's just one lens! You do have an expensive hobby.

[@tocosauce1158]

Size does matter...what she said, folks!

[@jameslarrimore1419]

Was it worth it like to see him work the radio

[@bgorveatt]

I like 40m better, each his own! We helped K1ZM take down some of his antennas and towers. Big job! Enjoy 80m!

[@markrlondon]

Is it just me, or does it look like he climbing without being strapped in to the tower?

[@AlvinMcManus]

He was using a fall arrest stop line while climbing. I could see the line. I had that same thought at first.

[@bill-2018]

Is it really still 'amateur' radio with a set up like in this video? 5 h/b dipoles in my attic, 20 to 10m and a h/b 60m band inverted vee outside bent into my small garden with the centre about 26 feet. A h/b 4 el collinear for 2m. My h/b ssb/cw 5 Watt radio plus FT817ND. I get out even with my 5 Watts. G4GHB.

[@johnratcliffe6438]

Of course it is. Wallet thickness varies - this hobby accepts all sorts.

[@bill-2018]

@@johnratcliffe6438 Not my idea of 'amateur' radio. I like building, modifying and tinkering with things. Always have. G4GHB.

[@johnratcliffe6438]

@billkitchen9899 And no-one is stopping you from doing that my friend. 73, John 2E0SVB

[@bill-2018]

@@johnratcliffe6438 Yes, of course. I don't do contests or use repeaters but people do like them. Lots of choices, c.w., microwaves, rtty, SOTA, moonbounce, t.v., low frequencies etc. It caters for all. 73, Bill, G4GHB.

[@g1egz]

It only becomes Professional radio, when you apply and use a broadcast licence, lol

[@Habacama]

Great job!

[@jddr.jkindle9708]

Free climbing above 6' is an OSHA violation. All radio tower person must be attached to the structure 100% of the time, while above 6". Nice antenna installation!

[@makermatthew]

Think he was fastened to a wire all the way up.

[@jhonsiders6077]

I put a cable from top to bottom when I put up my HDBX 95. Thinking about that in advance Free climbing is allowed. A guy that helped me on mine does all of those TV towers over in Floyd’s Knobs that the Louisville stations place their transmitters.

[@Billy2209-r2m]

Wow any chance I can use remote with that antenna 😁😁😁😁M0WHC

[@ВикторАрзютов-е1ъ]

VERY GOOD !!!!GDX !!!from US4ET Victor.73!!!!!

[@endurofly]

Maybe I'm wrong but to me looks more like 40m Yagi.At 0.14 the distance between boom and joint is more like 3.5 m then 7m compared to one guy in background..At 2.38 you can see that this is 1/3 of half radial so the whole one must it must be around 20m and not 40m.And finally for 80m band the radials must be around same lenght as that tower

[@scottmcclements7566]

The elements are loaded with coils to shorten their length. Size wise it is closer to a 40m yagi as you say.

[@johnratcliffe6438]

Radials are not needed for a yagi...

[@williamelliott5834]

Looks Great / Lotta Dollars Involved Here / But.... Whos Gonna Service That Big 3 Element When Lightning Nails It? Whos Gonna Maintain that Beauty ?

[@M6EastCoastGirl]

Wow! 👏👏👏

[@BrianLyanwr]

UN VIENTO FUERTE Y LO DOBLARÁ COMO UNA HIERBA

[@RFcaçadoresdefantasmas]

Salve salve muito bom conteúdo vamos que vamos TMJs

[@JA-fy1bn]

Wow!

[@mstover2809]

So, at 80m, are the elements 1/2 wave? 40m long elements mean that each element is nearly as long as the tower is tall!

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

@mstover2809 Yeah, funny about that. Most ppl would just use the tower as a vertical, like commercial am stations.

[@PapaWheelie1]

@@snakezdewiggle6084- Do you have to float the tower to do that like the AM stations?

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

@PapaWheelie1 Antenna Theory says there are some feed methods to use without insulation from the ground. Search for 'us marine antenna'. There is a commercial AM antenna near me. It sits on a pad of polyethylene (the white plastic inside coax connecters), the pad is about 6 inch thick, and 3 feet across. Hope that helps.

[@mstover2809]

@@PapaWheelie1 They can use "Shunt Feed" and tap onto the tower some distance from the ground.

[@PapaWheelie1]

@@mstover2809 - Very cool thanks

[@R4PCB]

wow that's nice!!!

[@jasoncary7957]

If I could just borrow that for 30 minutes…

[@FS5GL]

If I can afford to pay for this I also can afford to bring a bucket for the technician

[@zbyszekpodchmielony2642]

👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏 Vy 73 !

[@NN3RP]

I want / need on here in DC....HIHI.

[@lazardan3589]

S.E.T.I project ?? Good DX@@

[@НиколайИгнатов-л4м]

TX tip Cyilinder 2000

[@slappomatthew]

why 80 though? thats a lot of effort to rag chew.

[@Bacongrease00]

Low band DX is possible

[@harrie1]

Good luck and dx 73

[@davidc5027]

What I see is $$$

[@baikushex0et682]

ALOT

[@AlvinMcManus]

I'd have to guess north of $50K factoring in the men and the crane time. Those cranes went for $250-450/hour with a 4 hour minimum back when I was working 10 years ago. Gotta be more now.

[@BLACKHEAT1028]

When you graduate from a Baofeng

[@makskk6spm275]

chinese junk

[@xMarHazKx]

more to QYT graduation perhaps

[@26raa01]

The weakest point to that installation is the pole right at the top of the tower

[@Redbelly357]

When ya have more money than sense.

[@straightpride451]

When you're taking amateur radio to seriously.

[@DD-qc4ij]

Free climbing. Just irresponsible.

[@bill-2018]

Falling from even 10 feet can be bad enough. This could have been a one way trip. G4GHB.

[@dougtaylor7724]

It is amateur radio

[@jhonsiders6077]

OSHA does allow free climbing in some situations I had a guy that does all of those TV towers in Floyd’s Knobs give me a hand as he puts it can be more dangerous to keep locking on or off when he is on the antenna array it self.

[@paulsengupta971]

Didn't you see the wire arrestor?

[@patrickdarcy3863]

Thats not amateur radio.

[@МихаилМишкин-щ5з]

Зачем вся эта Херь???? 😅😅😅😅

[@ddrffb1001]

Зачем вы здесь? 🧐

[@w.2.w.p]

Херь у вас в голове , а это мечта

[@vladimirt7878]

Передатчик на 1 гигаватт ещё построй 😂