Looking for ideas

[Jeremy in DE]

Friend used to have a lighted Christmas star on his grain leg. I always admired it when driving near him since I could see it far over the fields.

Got this antenna tower on my property. 65 feet. Thought that it would be fun to try to get a Christmas star up on this tower this year.

Looking for ideas about how to get it raised and attached without spending much money (not wanting to hire a bucket truck to do it) and without hurting myself (not interested in climbing tower). Figure someone might have a brilliant idea I haven't thought of.

Doesn't have to be at the top. Just as high as reasonable.

Assuming I can get it attached, I figure it would be best to attach a pulley and then have a cable/rope system to raise and lower the star so I could service it from the ground. It needs to be stable in modest winds though I could lower it for a storm. Ideas?

P.S. If anyone has a lighted star they made or bought I would appreciate pictures as I think about assembling or buying one.

 

[C.Amick]

Maybe take a bow and shoot an arrow with a string attached trough it and tie a rope onto the string and pull it through.

 

[John B.]

Be sure to make a coil of wire attached to the lights so it can be lit by induction from the micro waves coming off the tower. Kind of like
taking a 12 volt test light and wrapping the cord around your hand then hold it next to the antenna of a walkie talkie and key up the mic,
the light will light up.

 

[DoubleO7]

Dad made a star using wood furring strips as I recall.
Was like six to eight feet across the points.
Old incandescent string of Christmas lights taped on with electrical tape.
Was a pulley at the top and bottom for 1/4 or 3/8 manila rope.

The star was mounted to a metal frame that had four concave perimeter wheels on it.
The concave tread of the wheels ran outside of and trapped two of the round tube uprights of the tower.

Star was hoisted up like a flag.

 

[Janicholson]

Make a little DC motor driven trolley that rides one of the 3 main struts. Create the star out of aluminum 1 inch tube. use LED lights. power the
trolley using a newly dedicated extension cord. Reverse the connection to lower. Jim

 

[dr sportster]

attach to skyhook and lower down easy

 

[Hoenes]

Rig up a drone with a starter line for a rope and pulley ? (Circle wrap the tower)

 

[mtny]

No pics but I tack welded 1/2" conduit together . Zip tied cheap lights to it . Hardly
weighed any thing .