Hi Mark
Thanks for the info. You are the first person that has given me what seems
like a positive id on the tower. Now that I know what I am looking for maybe I
can find a catalog and/or spec sheet on it. I have a friend that has access
to some high tech quality control equipment that is going to check it for
corrosion inside the vertical tubing. I know from looking at it that it is a
fairly light duty tower and needs guys at the end of each section. However, it
should meet my needs if it turns out to be mechanically sound.
Just need to find out what kind of wind loading it will take before I start
setting it up. Gets a little windy here in the flat lands of Kansas.
Thanks again
Gary
AB0TW
---- AA6DX - Mark <aa6dx@arrl.net> wrote:
> Hmmm ... way back, I had a couple of those... my very first tower, in
> 1964-5, was a used 40' one ... it held my brand new TH6, delivered by
> Railway Express .. when HyGain first came out with the Thunderbird ..
> methinks it was a SPAULDING tower. ?? I see others have brought up that
> brand also -- In the 70s, there were tons of them available in the
> Sacramento Valley, as the influx of cable and satellite made outside TV
> aerials not needed....... as an interesting aside .. dead heading lumber
> truckers used to pick them up along the trail and haul them here to sell to
> CBers...and hams ... I'll put that on the back burner and see if I can think
> up more info ... 73, CU in CQP -- Mark K6H AA6DX Humboldt County
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <gallen35@cox.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:41 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Help identify old tower
>
>
> > Hi.
> > A couple of months ago I posted a request for help identifying an old
> > tower that I have. I attached a couple of photos (bad move on my part)
> > since the reflector strips any attachments. So I am trying again to get
> > a positive id on the old tower. It is starting to look like it may be an
> > old Triastro tower/ But I am not certain. I can not find any id# on the
> > tower, base or bracket for the crank. It is a 3 section 54' crank up with
> > a tilt base and rather unique horizontal bracing. This time I am leaving
> > a photobucket link to several photos. Hopefully, someone on the
> > reflector will be able to give me a positive id and maybe some specs on
> > the tower.
> >
> > http://s924.photobucket.com/albums/ad81/gallen35/
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Gary
> > AB0TW
>
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