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Re: [TowerTalk] 40' tower for only $179.00!

To: RICHARD BOYD <ke3q@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40' tower for only $179.00!
From: Don Havlicek <n8de@thepoint.net>
Reply-to: n8de@thepoint.net
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:16:19 -0500
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RICHARD BOYD wrote:
I know the one made out of 4X4s
or maybe it was 2X4s but I think 4X4s)
>used to be in all the antenna books. I'd be much more comfortable with 4X4s! I guess they're available in 16-footers.
>If so, you could get up over 30' with a pretty sturdy tiltover!

Put the base in concrete, do it right --
>if you use a 16-footer on that one too, and have 4+ feet in concrete,
>you'd have as much as 12' on that bottom one, then a pair of 16-footers,
>and another 16-footer out the top.  Allowing for the necessary overlap...
>how's the math work out?

When 'tipped over' .. it would require a ladder to reach the antenna, unless you had a LONG mast sticking out of the top of the L-flange at the top of the upper 4x4.

>If you figure a minimum of 2' overlap, maybe that's as much as 40' high!
Work out a really reliable "stop" on one side

The 'stop' is easy .. a piece of 2x8 bolted to the two 2x8's on the side opposite the 'swing' of the upper 4x4 [at the appropriate point, of course].


and a winch on the other
>to control it during tilt over,


Mounting a winch would probably weaken the support structure .. but it would work.


and some kind of bar to drop in place
>on the winch side when it's up...

Or simply, like my tower was ... another long bolt, flat washer, and nut to slide through the sides and 4x4 near the 'stop plate'.
73
Don
N8DE



73 - Rich, KE3Q
----- Original Message ----- From: DeVinneys To: towertalk@contesting.com Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40' tower for only $179.00!



I remember an ARRL antenna book about 30 years ago had plans for a wooden
tower made out of 1X2's. I never tried it because the 1X2's we get in AZ and
NM would make it look like a corkscrew. Think I'll wait a few years on the
poly tower to see how it holds up to sunlight!KA5W
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Shohet" <kq2m@earthlink.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40' tower for only $179.00!



> Maybe this is the tower for the plastic owl to sit on while > pointing True North? :-) > > 73 > Bob KQ2M > > > Greetings, TowerTalkians -- > > > > I saw this 'tower' recently and thought I'd pass along some info. It's > > "semi-permanent" and "never climb a Poly Tower" because they're made out > of PVC > > PIPE!! Yikes! > > > > More info available from Amateur Antenna Supply in Albany, OR. They'll > > take a check. > > > > Cheers, > > Steve K7LXC > > TOWER TECH - > > Professional tower services for commercial and amateur > > 888-833-3104 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > TowerTalk@contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk >


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