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Subject: [TowerTalk] Homebrew Tower
From: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:03:06 -0400
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Sammy Smith wrote:
>Would you climb a tower built by some one other than a pro?

Yes. Here's a homebrew tower I climbed at HC8N:

http://users.vnet.net/btippett/new_page_7.htm (2nd photo down)

"By the way, the homemade tower was constructed like Rohn 45 but using rebar for the Z-bars. My guess is that it is actually stronger than Rohn 45 but it looked somewhat like a snake when viewed from the bottom!"

73, Bill W4ZV





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