Hi all, A friend of mine got 4 sections of this tower - https://goo.gl/photos/YjvjBy5idJV93ByQA - and he has no idea what exactly it is. It is on concrete foundation and will be bracketed to the hous
That tower is what we call around here, Mr Wiggs tower. It was sold by the Mr. Wiggs chain store. Some have speculated that it is a product of American Tower, but I have nothing to back that up. If g
Alex and friend: It look like American tower. I had 40 feet of American tower in my yard 30 years ago. It was guyed at each section and a 'Gem Quad' (3 el tri band quad)on top. I climbed it many time
Thanks for all the info, guys. American Standard it is. We will put A3S there and nothing more than that. _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________
Alex Looks like Rohn 25 to me. I had a 2-element cubical quad at 40' on one for many years, but would never have thought of putting anything bigger on it. 73, Steve N6SJ Hi all, A friend of mine got
no, Rohn-25 has Z-braces and I have one so I know for sure. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting
Guys, you're all correct! The current Rohn 25G has Z-bracing. But my old tower looks exactly like the photo Alex sent. It is still standing behind my parents old house in Sacramento, where it went up
Hi Alex The tower in the picture was a TV tower and CB tower back in the 70's I seem to remember it called " American Tower" it's a light duty tower for sure , As for spec ??? A light tri band antenn
No way you'd get me to climb it. What is your life worth? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.c
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 22:24:44 -0400
I go with those who say, American. I had one on a dirt base for many year. "Usually" I had a tribander on it, although I had a 3L Cushcraft tribander @ 90 feet, TV ant at roughly 100' and a big , hea
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 02:36:23 -0400
I've climbed 90 feet of it and it "felt" was about as sturdy as 25G, of course after climbing 100' 45G a 25G feels like light duty too <:-) My old ROHN catalog shows 25G with Z braces. I don't rememb
Roger R-20 has the same Dia. leg material as R-25... it's the Z brace material R -25 5/16" and R-20 1/4" and number of Z's Bays R-25 has 7 where R-20 has 6 bays . The " American tower I am familiar w