Actually, it may be that Rohn never designed this tower. It was a line
they purchased from Spaulding Tower way back when, and was referred to
as the "Spaulding Series" of towers for a while.
Dave, WA1ZCN
K7LXC wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-05-06 22:40:24 EDT, k2av@qsl.net writes:
>
> << I wonder if Rohn deliberately designed this weak so that it would break
> before the twisting moment took down the tower?
> >>
>
> No. They designed it as a TV tower. If you want to put ham yagis on it,
> respect the factory specs and caveat emptor.
>
> Cheers, Steve K7LXC
>
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