That was quick. Mine (same model, just under a year ago) took about 10
weeks. I wonder if somebody canceled an order.
BTW, I used a tow truck to get the tower off the truck, but it bogged
down in the yard when I wanted to get it around to the tower base. We
ended up leaving the tower alongside the driveway, then I got a bunch of
friends (18 of us altogether) to carry it around to the tower base using
2x4s passed through the tower -- looked like a centipede.
Enjoy.
73
Alan NV8A
On 11/14/07 01:06 pm res1q6fs wrote:
> We have had clear and no rain weather here in North Texas for more than a
> month. So far, I have been fortunate to be able to dig the hole, order the
> rebar and get it bent, get hole with rebar cage inspected, pour the concrete
> the next day (9 yards...Yea, I know, we dug the hole too big. But, it only
> hurt the pocketbook!) and have it curing in anticipation of an early delivery
> in December (Dec. 12 was the initial delivery date).
>
> Well to my surprise, UST called yesterday and said the tower was complete and
> they would schedule a trucker to pick it up. To my surprise, the trucker
> called me a few hours ago and said he would be at my house between 8 AM and
> 12 noon tomorrow!. Boy, I had to get on the cell phone fast and get my son to
> go rent a fork lift to have it here this evening. The concrete will not be
> cured until early December, so things are really moving. I would never had
> guessed when I strolled into Texas Towers a little over a month ago and
> placed the order that I could have the tower delivered in about 6 weeks.
>
> I even got fortunate last weekend and picked up a used CL-33, a Ham IV
> rotator, two lengths of coax and the rotator cable. Found this on the qth.com
> classified website and although the ham lived 200 miles south of here, he
> just happened to be coming up here with a trailer. I met him south of here
> and picked the goodies up.
>
> So, should be back on HF after a 25 year span of being QRT!
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