At new QTH working the Radio Shack

[Samudra Haque]

Hi all hope are are well. I am hoping  my radio shack "Radio Shack" will be
operational by Xmas holidays. My RF test and measurement rack is in place.

I have  left over PT lumber beams and studs to make a staticast, with some
sort of lightweight pulley on top and a few antennas of garden variety.

But looking at some YouTube videos of pulleys and snatch buckles and pulley
systems I wondered - would anyone be interested to talk about a DIY project
/ share experience for a vertically oriented   collapsible wood mast (say,
6ft to 24ft height, in several sections) with either a hand crank or a
small DC motor winch, to lift a small yagi or a yard arm to height above
terrain? I wondered about a tilt over setup - then realized the risks of
the mast/gears  snapping when the load is just above horizontal going up.

Alternatively a wooden  scissor lift could be fashioned to allow the entire
assembly dropped to a maintenance height, so these are two designs I am
considering  now that I am fortunate to have some space in front of my
building within gated and  walled property.

Heres why:

Decades ago (1995) I tried using a heavy duty gear box and about 100ft of
things GI pipe sections, without any mechanical engineering studies or
training, and had three or four wire rope  stays to a thick and long
pulling lever attached to the gear box. The load was lifted about 5 feet
above ground and then the entire gearbox lifted out of its weighted
foundation like a rubber band and it became a dangerous  projectile ... So
that was the extent of my attempt at a portable mast application.
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