Nathan,
I would caution you to not mix the sections nor even use the 20 for
anything more than VERY light duty use.
With that said... Back in my younger days when I did a lot of tower work
for CB and Ham operators, there were a number of mixed 20/25 towers
supporting large CB antennas and they stayed up many years. I do recall
working on one where the 20 top section physically broke during a wind
storm.
Climbing a mixed 20/25 tower is a real pain as the steps are different
distances apart.
Good luck,
Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE/AMD
AM Ground Systems Company - WD4RAT
kkidd@kkbc.com -- 866-22-RADIO -- 866-227-2346
www.amgroundsystems.com
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Linux Mercedes <linuxmercedes@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Whilst moving tower sections from the shed to the shop so I could clean
> them up and make a couple of fixes before putting up my tower, I noticed
> that some of them seemed lighter than others. Turns out I've got a mix of
> 20G and 25G sections.
>
> What are your thoughts on putting up, say, 30 or 40 feet of 25G and then
> another 20 or 10 feet of 20G? I'd like to use the best sections I have on
> the tower, but if mixing is a no, then I'll fix up some of the other
> sections I have and build a homogeneous tower.
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan
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