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How does one replace an antenna on top of a 50ft tower?

without having to actually climb it or take the whole thing down because there is a power line only 10ft away from it. My exsisting antenna is too old to pick up a station I want really bad, which is about 77 miles away and requires a new deep-fringe HD antenna. Is there maybe something that I can rent or whatever that can lift me up there so I can safely do work on it?

There is no good news here. In the first place, a power line 10 ft. away from a steel tower violates the first rule for erecting such towers. I’ve done extensive tower work on microwave and mobile antennas up to 270 feet, but I wouldn’t go near your tower unless that power line was de-energized and tagged.

As for renting equipment, there are “cherry-picker” rigs available from tool rental yards that *might* extend to 50 ft., but that’s something of a stretch (pun intended). And again, I wouldn’t do it without that power line going cold.

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Are the ham radio technician exam tests made from the questions in the back of the arrl study guide book?

Are the “question pool” questions the same as on the actual exam?

Yes, if you have the current book. The current question pool started on July 1, 2006.

The question pool is at http://www.ncvec.org/downloads/2006tech.pdf

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