John Ferrell wrote:
A friend gave me a forty foot Utility pole. Since I am not a climber I
have not determined how to make the best of this in my continual
antenna tinkering. I keep coming back to the hazer transit method. The
device would be complicated by the fact that the pole is about 12
inches in diameter at the bottom and 6 inches at the top. I expect to
bury 5 feet of it. I hope to construct the device so that there is
NEVER a need to climb the pole. The galvanized wire rope on my Crank
up mast that I purchased in the late 1970's is still looking fine.

Any experience or ideas are appreciated!

The Glen Martin hazer looks like (I've never seen one in person) it uses
the tower as a track, and the constant cross section is key. The taper
of the utility pole sorta kills that idea, so maybe some kind of curtain
track turned vertical is what you need, something industrial like the
kind used in theaters. Bolt it straight to the pole and fabricate a
trolley to carry a rotor, thrust bearing, etc. Once you get the trolley
to the top wrap the cables around the pole in a spiral to keep them from
flopping around in the wind. I'd use a galvanized wire rope as opposed
to something plastic to pull and hold it up.

BTW, Any idea why this tram mechanism is called a "hazer?"
John Ferrell W8CCW

I have no idea at all, I thought it might have been something nautical
but dictionary searches don't show that at all.

- Galen, W8LNA