"Tom" wrote in message
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I think you are right in your statement of breaking the dipole or feedline
upon installing the tv antenna.

The tv antenna feedline is no where near the ladder line, about 4 feet
distance.

I suppose my next move is to pull down the dipole, check, and either fix
or eliminate that as my problem. I was hoping I didn't have to do that.
But if that copper solid wire, both in ladder line and dipole had
fractured, I would think it would be visible from gnd (about 35 feet
height). All worked before the tv antenna installation, and yes there was
a lot of banging and jamming and bumping of that dipole while installing
the TV antenna but nothing is visuably broken, maybe a hairline fracture.
Looks like a climb is in order. That is not one of my most favorite
things, climbing 50 feet above the ground on a self supporting tower. I
hate climbing but do it every time. I will let you know how I make out,
probably climb today or tomorrow, looks like rain.

Thanks and 73s



While you are up there you may want to extend a pieceof pipe off the tower
and put a pulely on it. Then put a loop of small rope that goes to the
pulley and back to the ground. That way you will not have to climb the
tower as often.