I'm going to agree with you there. Personally, I don't think any
expression of opinion on a forum like this counts as defamation, but it
was never my point to judge that anyway. Legal opinions vary all over
the place on such matters.
One of my best friends (a very active contester with a fine
installation) has a 70 foot Trylon and it has served him very well. I
bought my AN Wireless HD-70 because of the extreme wind gusts in my
area and because I wasn't certain what kind of large antennas I might
want to put on it at some point in the future. I also thought that at
some point I (or my survivors) might want to put a large wind generator
on it. The difference in cost for a relatively large difference in
performance seemed like a good trade off for me, but clearly that
wouldn't necessarily be the case for others.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 5/7/2016 5:47 PM, ve4xt@mymts.net wrote:
Hi all,
It seems to me the question isn't if AN makes good towers or whether they spec
bulletproof bases. Clearly, they do. Dave is certainly to be congratulated for
a first-rate installation.
The question is whether an experienced, respected tower professional opining
the base may be overkill, or whether Trylon is good enough for the average ham,
rises to the level of defamation.
Does anyone think it does?
Difference of opinion does not equal defamation.
73, kelly, ve4xt
Sent from my iPad
On May 7, 2016, at 3:08 AM, David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com> wrote:
That's a pretty ignorant comment. I own an HD-70 tower and I have the pictures
to prove it.
http://www.ab7e.com/AB7E_Tower_Page_1.html
It is indeed a brute. I'm actually afraid of heights, but that tower is so
sturdy that as long as I'm strapped in with my full body harness and three
straps I'm comfortable working up at the top. I've been up there in 60 mph
winds and can barely feel any sway in the tower (with about 20 sq ft of antenna
at the top). A local wireless ISP uses my tower and had to get an engineering
study done on it to satisfy the local zoning people ... they came back and said
that my tower was only 18% loaded.
Educate yourself and read the engineering study referenced by VE7RF. The folks
who vouch for the AN Wireless towers aren't shills ... they just know more than
you do.
By the way, my 70 foot HD-70 tower was installed per the recommended base at
the time (2008). It was spec'd at 9 ft by 9ft by 5ft, which works out to be
right at 15 cubic yards of concrete. Mine ended up slightly larger because of
the nasty large rocks in my soil ... it's impossible to cut a clean hole here.
Dave AB7E
On 5/6/2016 1:02 PM, J.P. wrote:
Cue the AN shills...
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