Remember climbing one of those towers that was in concrete out in the middle of a backyard. Buddy of mine had bought the house and did not need the old antenna anymore. Apparently It was done this way as the previous homeowner was into short-band and long band radio and had numerous antennas mounted on this thing as well as at least 2 big TV antennas. This tower was over 40 feet tall and had 2 or 3 sets of guy wires on it anchored in the ground to keep it straight. I climbed up the thing and disconnected the top couple of sections and the guy wires. Everything was going great as I descended to the next section of the tower until my buddy told me the base of the tower was moving. When he looked more closely he realized the base of the tower was so corroded it was sliding round on the concrete base. So I came down gingerly and quickly and we just yanked the bottom of the tower out and let the thing drop where it will. I remember it was a very large load to haul to the scrapyard. Good luck with the antenna. Hope it works out for you. Be safe and stay well.
Was hoping you would show how to connect it for operating purposes. I'm standing with this long cord and a little black box with a cord and have no idea what to do because there was no instruction manual that came with the antenna.
@@lisanotherdayolder2824 Hummmm I really didn't think about that. We already had a cable ran out from the tv so I just hooked it up to the antenna and I was done.
Don't know yet. Hopefully it works as good as the old one. Old antenna we got like 30 or so channels and half of them were out of Toledo which we are 60 miles away from.
Remember climbing one of those towers that was in concrete out in the middle of a backyard. Buddy of mine had bought the house and did not need the old antenna anymore. Apparently It was done this way as the previous homeowner was into short-band and long band radio and had numerous antennas mounted on this thing as well as at least 2 big TV antennas. This tower was over 40 feet tall and had 2 or 3 sets of guy wires on it anchored in the ground to keep it straight. I climbed up the thing and disconnected the top couple of sections and the guy wires. Everything was going great as I descended to the next section of the tower until my buddy told me the base of the tower was moving. When he looked more closely he realized the base of the tower was so corroded it was sliding round on the concrete base. So I came down gingerly and quickly and we just yanked the bottom of the tower out and let the thing drop where it will. I remember it was a very large load to haul to the scrapyard.
Good luck with the antenna. Hope it works out for you. Be safe and stay well.
That's one heck of a story. Now I'm going to double check the base on this tower before I climb it lol
@@chefshadetree3972 Fortunately the towers up the side of the house are almost always attached to the house at the bottom..😜😜
@@briankinnear7461 not this one. It's put in the ground and been there almost 50 years
Another Great job Chef!!
Thanks brother
Was hoping you would show how to connect it for operating purposes. I'm standing with this long cord and a little black box with a cord and have no idea what to do because there was no instruction manual that came with the antenna.
@@lisanotherdayolder2824 Hummmm I really didn't think about that. We already had a cable ran out from the tv so I just hooked it up to the antenna and I was done.
@@chefshadetree3972 thank you for response.
Better than paying for cable or satellite
Exactly, just another bill I don't need.
How did this antenna do? Thanks!
How many channels do you get with the antenna?
Don't know yet. Hopefully it works as good as the old one. Old antenna we got like 30 or so channels and half of them were out of Toledo which we are 60 miles away from.
How does it work?
Haven't put it up yet. I'll probably do a video on that.