Pat:
Whatever your final plans for your tower, don't forget to consider
shunt-feeding it on 160M. Those of us in the lower 48 could sure use an
increase in the Topband population up your way. Hi Hi.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Turner, Bob" <n2scj@msn.com>
To: "'Pat Moore'" <pmoore@acsalaska.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 8:58 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Telex-Hygain 52SS received as gift
> Just a guess...
>
> The 2m beam sounds like an old Cushcraft with the Trigonal reflector.
>
> Bob
> N2SCJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pat Moore
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 1:42 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Telex-Hygain 52SS received as gift
>
> I was just given a Telex-Hygain 52 foot self-supporting crankup tower.
> Had to cut two feet off the top to get around a kink, and had the top
> plate and rotater baseplate welded and reinstalled. It's stored for the
> moment while I try to figure out how big a hole I need to dig. I don't
> know the company's status at this point, was told they're out of
> business, but found a Hy-Gain site on the web which didn't show this
> tower. I think I need a manual, but if I just knew the specifications
> for installing it, that would be enough.
>
> It came with a Telex beam. I haven't figured out what model it is, but
> the boom is 3" aluminum tube, and it had at least five elements with
> one, the reflector, broken in half. The package also included a
> heavy-duty black rotator I was told is a Tail Twister, and a two-meter
> beam with sixteen director elements, one broken in half, and a
> three-element reflector arrayed in T-fashion behind the driven element.
>
> I've never installed a tower before, so my ignorance is vast. Help?
>
> 73 de AL7L
> Pat Moore
> Anchorage, AK
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