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1. [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 18:29:52 -0500
A while back we played name that tower. Can anyone help with information about this one? http://wat.midco.net/kk0sd/tower/tower.htm One local thought it may have been made by a company called "Johns"
/archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00234.html (7,837 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: Don Havlicek <n8de@thepoint.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 22:24:03 -0400
Joe, Looks like the same kind of tower that is installed at K8US .. manufactured in New Philadelphia, OH. Not sure of name of manufacturer. You can contact Mike, K8US, and ask him who made his. Don N
/archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00238.html (9,190 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: "Dan Kovatch" <w8car@buckeye-express.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:34:24 -0400
Mike K8US tower is Riverview I believe. I don't know if they are still in business. Dan W8CAR -- Original Message -- From: "Don Havlicek" <n8de@thepoint.net> To: <"Joe" Mayfield <gary_mayfield@hotmai
/archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00244.html (10,402 bytes)

4. [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: "William B. Stacy" <wstacy@wildblue.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:10:23 -0600
I have a Rohn catalog ca. 1976. At the end of the section on 20G, it has a picture of 20G and 11G side by side. The tower in question looks like 11G. For comparison, both are laid out horizontally be
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-03/msg00459.html (6,800 bytes)

5. [TowerTalk] mystery tower (score: 1)
Author: "Michael J. Castellano" <km1r@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:13:16 -0400
George, I vaguely remember seeing something like this in the service. As far as I know (and you know already) it was (is) a rapidl field deployable tower, possibly used for the center support for a l
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-05/msg00000.html (7,035 bytes)

6. [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: "Speer, Doug" <Doug.Speer@FairbanksMorse.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:37:56 -0500
I am trying to find out any information on a mystery tower. The tower was taken down a year ago from the estate of a silent key. From what we know it was up for at least 30 years, maybe longer. The t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-10/msg00321.html (8,653 bytes)

7. [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:30:27 -0400
I remember seeing talk of a galvanized steel crank up-tilt over tower that mounts on a pipe column with wings set in soil. Does anyone know the name of it? Anyone have links to specs? Thanks, Wilson
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00283.html (6,741 bytes)

8. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: RMorris <robrk@nidhog.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:59:27 -0400
EZ Way. Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/m
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00285.html (7,468 bytes)

9. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:29:51 -0400
Thanks for the several replies. I got pictures of installations and a manual from BAMA! 73, Wilson _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Towe
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00288.html (7,168 bytes)

10. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: Tom Carrubba KA2D <ka2d@arrl.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:55:31 -0400
Wilson These were EZ Way towers. The "pipe" was called a "wonder post". Tom KA2D I remember seeing talk of a galvanized steel crank up-tilt over tower that mounts on a pipe column with wings set in s
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00289.html (7,872 bytes)

11. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:19:07 -0700
What was the general reputation of these no concrete EZ Way tower bases? Potential problems such as: Wonder ground post leans over? Wonder ground post sinks into the ground? Fins bend or break off? T
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00291.html (8,662 bytes)

12. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: <w5gn@mxg.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:32:29 -0500
I dug out an EZ-Way tower in 1977, using a hand shovel, water hose for our Texas soil, and a wheeled auto engine hoist, in about two hours. I hand dug, with a Texas Pole Shovel, the hole for its new
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00292.html (9,447 bytes)

13. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:57:57 -0700
I'm pretty sure both are required. The fins would have the same leverage as a concrete base, but without the weight of the concrete there is nothing to hold them to the soil for that leverage to do a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00293.html (8,540 bytes)

14. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: <n0tt1@juno.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:36:27 +0000
One of my towers matches that description. Purchased in the early 70's, it's a RBX-50 made by E-Z Way Products Co of Tampa, FL (may be out of business now). It has a ground post with the "wings". The
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00294.html (8,398 bytes)

15. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: <n0tt1@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:14:40 +0000
Mine started to lean just a bit several years ago having been in the ground over 20 years. No worries, I just hooked on 3 "come-along" winches, then dug a hole next to the hole that has the sand, wa
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00298.html (10,045 bytes)

16. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: Robert Morris <robrk@nidhog.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:14:33 -0400
Thanks for the several replies. I got pictures of installations and a manual from BAMA! 73, Wilson _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Towe
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00303.html (8,573 bytes)

17. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: Jon Pearl - W4ABC <jonpearl@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:19:20 -0400
Hi Rick, I had one when I was a teenager back in the 70's. It was originally outfitted with a 2 el. Gotham quad, then later a 2 el. Cubex Skymaster. Installation amounted to digging a hole and droppi
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00305.html (11,346 bytes)

18. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: Jon Pearl - W4ABC <jonpearl@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:42:24 -0400
That just didn't look finished... Installation amounted to digging a hole and dropping the post in the ground then back filling with copious amounts of dirt and water! 73, Jon _______________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00306.html (8,815 bytes)

19. Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery Tower (score: 1)
Author: Jack <k4wsb@arrl.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:30:42 -0400
I've had 3 EZ Way's...two 40's and my current 55' NEVER a problem and all were bought used The wonder post requires no concrete...None of mine ever leaned or sunk My 1st was in salt water due to the
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00333.html (10,984 bytes)

20. [TowerTalk] mystery tower (score: 1)
Author: "John Keating" <john.keating@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:33:13 -0700
I thought I had this figured out, but maybe not. My tower has the same dimensions as the Rohn HW (the "Motorola Contract Tower"), except that the cross bracing goes in the opposite direction. A fello
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00073.html (6,742 bytes)


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