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To: whp@att.net, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Conundrum
From: K7LXC@aol.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:53:28 -0500
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From: Bill Powell <whp@att.net>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Conundrum
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> So far, the AN looks very nice but the advertised price is simply outta the 
> ball-park.

Hi, Bill --

You may or may not know that I'm a Trylon dealer and have sold around 200 of 
the Trylon Titans. I'm also a professional tower installer and have installed 
10-12 of them among the almost 200 amateur stations I've worked on over the 
years. 

The cost of a tower is a direct proportion to the amount of steel in it. The AN 
towers are pretty heavy duty - that is, they've got lots of steel in them - and 
they're commensurately expensive. The Trylon Titans are light to medium duty 
towers and have very attractive costs and much lower shipping costs. 

> Trylon just doesn't turn me on with their construction and complete lack of 
> pre-sales technical
data.

Well, I'm not sure what you were expecting but no tower I've ever erected came 
with instructions; the documentation was mostly shop drawings of the parts. 
Mostly they're pretty logical and just a big Erector Set. The most complete 
data and specs for towers is from Rohn but that won't help you much with the 
Trylons. I do have what documentation that's available from the factory 
downloadable from my website - www.championradio.com - at the bottom of the 
Towers page. 

BTW at the bottom of the page is a link to the saga of the Trylon installation 
of Scott, KA9FOX, with tons of pictures. Take a look. His tower is the most 
popular for ham applications - the T500-72 has lots of capacity and a moderate 
price. 

I am very happy to pass along ALL the tricks-of-the-trade I've picked up in 
regard to tower construction (along with any other tower-related topic you want 
to discuss) so if you want the REAL story and techniques, give me a call. 

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
Champion Radio Products
Cell: 206-890-4188

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Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions 
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