- 1. [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: Mikemedic130@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 19:52:14 EDT
- Hello to all, I am going to replace my 35' tower that I bought used and put up something new. My only issue is I cannot decide what tower I should go with. Can anyone give me advice on which brands t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00199.html (6,547 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 09:15:03 EDT
- Guyed or self-supporting? What's your local windspeed rating? (Available from <A HREF="http://www.championradio.com">www.championradio.com</A> under Tech Notes.) What's your proposed antenna array? C
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00203.html (7,643 bytes)
- 3. RE: [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: <Robert_Redoutey@Dell.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 09:16:09 -0500
- Mike, I have been fighting my Heights Tower since January now. It's a 72' plus tilt over. It clangs badly at every joint. I have written endless emails, and no repairs forthcoming, although the owner
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00209.html (8,327 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz@arrl.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:02:52 -0400
- Bob...I have 5 sections (40') of Heights aluminum and no problems at all. Maybe it's that Force 12 beam that's the problem. Take that thing off and put on a SteppIR yagi and it will "sing" like mine
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00215.html (9,689 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: K4SB <k4sb@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 17:14:37 +0000
- This is something I just don't understand. I have a 72' Heights up and it doesn't "clang" or otherwise do anything. It's old, probably 25 years plus, so perhaps the manufacturer changed something in
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00216.html (7,864 bytes)
- 6. RE: [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: "Tod Olson" <tod@k0to.us>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:59:26 -0600
- A very quick calculation which takes the weight of the Force 12 antenna at the end of a 72 foot arm should indicate that there is a very large bending moment when the top is near the ground. The for
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00218.html (9,715 bytes)
- 7. RE: [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: "S. J. Blackwell" <w5lu@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 21:02:31 +0000
- After a very few folding operations I noticed that the bolt holes were becoming slightly elongated, particularly in the vicinity of the hinge, and the sections moved perhaps as much a 1/16 inch up a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00221.html (10,057 bytes)
- 8. RE: [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: "Tod Olson" <tod@k0to.us>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:38:56 -0600
- It is my opinion (and only that) that the wall thickness of the tubes used by Heights in 1972 (when the tower was fabricated) was insufficient for the stress I placed on the tower sections. I believ
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00227.html (8,211 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz@arrl.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 21:31:21 -0400
- I would agree with Tod. The "old" Heights specs were not as robust. I have 40 feet of "old" Heights and the wall thicknesses vary by cross-sectional size, but are indeed substantially thinner than th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00229.html (10,608 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TowerTalk] buying new tower (score: 1)
- Author: "Tower (K8RI)" <tower@rogerhalstead.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 22:09:42 -0400
- Back in the 70s a friend over in Alma (W7FV ... have since lost track of him) had just left for sea. We had a storm go through and his Heights failed dumping the big 20 meter monobander right through
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00231.html (9,028 bytes)
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