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Subject: [TowerTalk] Old World Thinking-guying self supporting towers
From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 21:24:27 2003
With all due respect, several posters, all with lots of tower climbing 
expereince, do not feel too comfortable climbing the flexy-aluminum towers.  
They choose not to get rid of them because maybe they bought them second hand 
or maybe they can't afford to get another tower.  Or maybe, the owners of the 
self-supporting aluminum tower chose to put the guys on it because the 
manufacturer said there was no problem to put some guys on it....which is 
what Heights Aluminum Towers recommended in the 70's and 80's.  

Several people in private correspondence have said they have no problems 
going 200 feet on guyed tower but feel uncomfortable at 60 or 70 feet on an 
unguyed aluminum  tower.   I suppose the two owners of the two superstations 
need to get out of the hobby according to you.

Bill K4XS
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