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Re: [TowerTalk] LM470 or HG-70HD or ?

To: Daryll Webb <kg9nd2001@yahoo.com>, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] LM470 or HG-70HD or ?
From: Damon Stewart <wsmc551@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:58:18 -0700
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Could you take a photo of your tower and send it to me please?  Id like 
to compare.

Damon Stewart, KJ7E

On 6/1/2011 8:39 PM, Daryll Webb wrote:
> I have a hg70hd    the one in the pic is not what I have up.
> kg9nd
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* damon stewart <wsmc551@gmail.com>
> *To:* towertalk@contesting.com
> *Sent:* Wed, June 1, 2011 5:31:45 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [TowerTalk] LM470 or HG-70HD or ?
>
> Thanks Steve, I think you may be correct.  I have been searching for 
> photos
> of both and I have yet to see an LM470 with that type of bracing.
>
> Well,  Im in the process of buying the tower.  I was told it was an LM470.
> If it is in fact the Hy-Gain should this sway my buying decision any?
>
>
>
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com 
> <mailto:stevek@jmr.com>> wrote:
> >
> >> I recall Hy-Gain made changes along the way.  Of course, so did Tri-Ex!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> But that type of webbing with the back-to-back “U” forms I have 
> only seen
> >> on Hy-Gain towers and not anywhere else.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *From:* damon stewart [mailto:wsmc551@gmail.com 
> <mailto:wsmc551@gmail.com>]
> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 01, 2011 3:21 PM
> >> *To:* Steve Katz
> >> *Cc:* TowerTalk@contesting.com <mailto:TowerTalk@contesting.com>
> >> *Subject:* Re: [TowerTalk] LM470 or HG-70HD or ?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> One thing I was told was the Hy-Gain towers only had three bolt 
> holes per
> >> leg and the one in question has five, so does the LM470.  In the 
> HG-70HD PDF
> >> manual I found on line it also shows three bolt hols per leg.  I 
> was also
> >> told the Hy-Gain did not have the tabs at the 8' mark for the tilt over
> >> base, the one in question does?  So its seems to have 
> characteristics of
> >> both the Hy-Gian and Tri-Ex.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com 
> <mailto:stevek@jmr.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> It's the Hy-Gain for sure.  The tell-tale sign is the "double-U"
> >> back-to-back webbing that can be seen.  Tri-Ex never used that.
> >>
> >> 73
> >>
> >> WB2WIK
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com 
> <mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com>
> >> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com 
> <mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com>] On Behalf Of damon stewart
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 3:05 PM
> >> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com <mailto:TowerTalk@contesting.com>
> >> Subject: [TowerTalk] LM470 or HG-70HD or ?
> >>
> >>
> >> Can anyone positive identify the tower in these photos
> >> http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff146/wsmc551/Tower/ ?  I sent the
> >> photos
> >> to Karl Tashjian thinking it was an LM470 but Karl says its not, maybe
> >> its
> >> an Hy-Gain?  In any case I would just like to know what it is for sure.
> >>
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> >> Damon Stewart, KJ7E
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