Gary,
I'm pretty sure Spaulding was taken over by Rohn.
Rohn might have some specifications in their files for the old Spauldings.
Bob
K6UJ
On Sep 30, 2010, at 4:30 PM, <gallen35@cox.net> <gallen35@cox.net> wrote:
> 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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