Years ago Luso made crank up towers available to 150' for US hams
(LUSO.COM). K9CT had (available on YOUTUBE) one up but I am not sure of
the altitude. I believe they did a demonstration at one of the Visalia
International DX conventions. It is worth a look.
Good luck in your quest.
Semper Fi,
Tommy - K6YE
DX IS and CW RULES
On 2024-02-28 22:04, RVZ via TowerTalk wrote:
Fellas, While my original message stated he was looking for a 100' to
200' Self-Supporting tower- he would prefer one in the 100' to 140'
range. He has 30 acres of land so plenty of room on-hand but he
doesn't want guy wires. The tower will only be used for a small wind
load VHF antenna so a massive Cell tower isn't required. I have a 120'
Self-Supporting Pi-Rod Tower with solid steel legs and it's base is
only 5' wide, 2' wide at the top. It was designed for over 20 sq.ft.
of wind load which is far more than he needs. So a small foot print
tower, like a Pi-Rod Solid-Steel Leg Tower, in the 100' to 140' range
is ideally what he's looking for. 73, Dick- K9OM In a message
dated 2/28/2024 6:00:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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1Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:15:46 +0000 (UTC)From: RVZ <rlvz@aol.com>To:
towertalk@contesting.comSubject: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER
NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
<2144127340.2152677.1709144146674@mail.yahoo.com>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=UTF-8 A ham friend in Illinois in looking for a
100'-200' Self-Supporting tower.? Please advise if you know of any for
sale??Thanks & 73,Dick Van Zandt-
K9OM ------------------------------ Message: 2Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024
11:22:18 -0700From: David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com>To:
towertalk@contesting.comSubject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER
NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
<fb06f9ce-1384-41ce-bacb-577be4ca27cb@gmail.com>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Good luck finding a 200 foot
self supporting tower. Does he have any idea at all what that would
look like? Dave? AB7E On 2/28/2024 11:15 AM, RVZ via TowerTalk
wrote:> A ham friend in Illinois in looking for a 100'-200'
Self-Supporting tower.? Please advise if you know of any for sale?>
?Thanks & 73,Dick Van Zandt-
K9OM ------------------------------ Message: 3Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024
13:51:34 -0500From: <charlie@thegallos.com>To:
<towertalk@contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
<014801da6a77$27447020$75cd5060$@thegallos.com>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="utf-8" I mean, the Tesco 200ft self supporter
is only 53K, 21 ft spread on the legs. Small stuff
<grin> -----Original Message-----From: TowerTalk
<towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of David GilbertSent:
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 1:22 PMTo:
towertalk@contesting.comSubject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER
NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST Good luck finding a 200 foot self supporting
tower. Does he have any idea at all what that would look like? Dave
AB7E On 2/28/2024 11:15 AM, RVZ via TowerTalk wrote:> A ham friend in
Illinois in looking for a 100'-200' Self-Supporting tower. Please
advise if you know of any for sale?> Thanks & 73,Dick Van Zandt-
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4Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:51:57 -0800From: JP K <jp@ezoom.net>To:
towertalk@contesting.comSubject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER
NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
<40F721C5-8F4F-43B5-9D63-662452530CB4@ezoom.net>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=utf-8 Piece of cake:
https://www.tessco.com/product/s3tl-series-vl-200ft-100mph-self-supporting-tower-306405 I
hope he doesn?t want to put anything more than a bird house on it
though? > On Feb 28, 2024, at 10:22?AM, David Gilbert
<ab7echo@gmail.com> wrote:> > > > Good luck finding a 200 foot self
supporting tower. Does he have any idea at all what that would look
like?> > Dave AB7E> > > > On 2/28/2024 11:15 AM, RVZ via TowerTalk
wrote:>> A ham friend in Illinois in looking for a 100'-200'
Self-Supporting tower. Please advise if you know of any for sale?>>
Thanks & 73,Dick Van Zandt- K9OM>
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5Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:16:59 +0000 (UTC)From: Gene Smar
<ersmar@verizon.net>To: RVZ <rlvz@aol.com>, RVZ via TowerTalk
<towertalk@contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
<170980480.1580775.1709147819579@mail.yahoo.com>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=UTF-8 He can look into Trylon. They're a Canadian
manufacturer and I have one of their medium duty Titan models. He'll
need to ask about their heavy duty commercial models. We used them on a
cell phone project in Haiti and they're monsters.?73 de?Gene Smar
AD3F? Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop On Wed, Feb
28, 2024 at 1:16 PM, RVZ via TowerTalk<towertalk@contesting.com>
wrote: A ham friend in Illinois in looking for a 100'-200'
Self-Supporting tower.? Please advise if you know of any for
sale??Thanks & 73,Dick Van Zandt-
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14:32:07 -0500From: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>To: towertalk
<towertalk@contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
<ea3faa21-558c-4a45-b49f-bce2a0b4a6c2@oakcom.org>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed The weak spot is where it
transitions from tapered to straight @ 140'. Generally it will handle
whatever that 60' piece of 4' on a side tower will handle, which isn't
nothing. Sabre is a good manufacturer. The companies that make SS
towers seem to have settled on that basic design - mainly varying the
number of straight sections to satisfy loading requirements. The
straight sections are normally 4' face width. We often get towers with
40' of straight, sometimes just 20' or 10' for the beefier ones. -Steve
K8LX On 02/28/24 1:51 PM, JP K wrote:> Piece of
cake:https://www.tessco.com/product/s3tl-series-vl-200ft-100mph-self-supporting-tower-306405>>
I hope he doesn?t want to put anything more than a bird house on it
though?>>>> On Feb 28, 2024, at 10:22?AM, David
Gilbert<ab7echo@gmail.com> wrote:>>>>>>>> Good luck finding a 200 foot
self supporting tower. Does he have any idea at all what that would
look like?>>>> Dave AB7E>>>>>>>> On 2/28/2024 11:15 AM, RVZ via
TowerTalk wrote:>>> A ham friend in Illinois in looking for a 100'-200'
Self-Supporting tower. Please advise if you know of any for sale?>>>
Thanks & 73,Dick Van Zandt- K9OM>>
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7Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:13:19 -0800From: "Steve Jones"
<n6sj@earthlink.net>To: "'Steve Maki'" <lists@oakcom.org>,
"'towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk]
SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
<000701da6a82$942b0130$bc810390$@earthlink.net>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="UTF-8" And does he have a fall radius of more
than 200'? The neighbors might otherwise get
nervous!73,SteveN6SJ -----Original Message-----From: TowerTalk
<towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Steve MakiSent:
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 11:32 AMTo: towertalk
<towertalk@contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST The weak spot is where it transitions from
tapered to straight @ 140'. Generally it will handle whatever that 60'
piece of 4' on a side tower will handle, which isn't nothing. Sabre is
a good manufacturer. The companies that make SS towers seem to have
settled on that basic design - mainly varying the number of straight
sections to satisfy loading requirements. The straight sections are
normally 4' face width. We often get towers with 40' of straight,
sometimes just 20' or 10' for the beefier ones. -Steve K8LX On
02/28/24 1:51 PM, JP K wrote:> Piece of >
cake:https://www.tessco.com/product/s3tl-series-vl-200ft-100mph-self-s>
upporting-tower-306405>> I hope he doesn?t want to put anything more
than a bird house on it > though?>>>> On Feb 28, 2024, at 10:22?AM,
David Gilbert<ab7echo@gmail.com> wrote:>>>>>>>> Good luck finding a
200 foot self supporting tower. Does he have any idea at all what that
would look like?>>>> Dave AB7E>>>>>>>> On 2/28/2024 11:15 AM, RVZ via
TowerTalk wrote:>>> A ham friend in Illinois in looking for a 100'-200'
Self-Supporting tower. Please advise if you know of any for sale?>>>
Thanks & 73,Dick Van Zandt- K9OM>>
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8Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:45:49 -0800From: Michael Tope
<W4EF@dellroy.com>To: towertalk@contesting.comSubject: Re: [TowerTalk]
Broadcast Band FilterMessage-ID:
<d3d5e084-b1f3-4b97-ab8d-ae3d7720638a@dellroy.com>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed A very good way to check for
this is to put an attenuator (10 to 20dB) between the radio and the
antenna which is picking up the sort of bleed-through Mike describes.
If the bleed-through doesn't go away when you add-in the external
attenuation, the problem is likely NOT in the radio. Switching in the
radio's internal front-end attenuation isn't always sufficient. I had a
case where the bias on the PIN diodes that switched high-pass filters
into the receiver front-end of one of my radios was being modulated by
the very strong BCI from a nearby 4-tower array that favored me more
during the day. Switching in the radio's front-end attenuation didn't
help. I had to attenuate the signal ahead of that PIN diode switched
filter-bank in order to reduce the bleed through.? When I did that, the
bleed-through stopped, so I knew the QRM was being generated inside the
radio. 73, Mike W4EF......... On 2/27/2024 10:47 AM, john@kk9a.com
wrote:> I have no filter suggestions but just be aware if the
interference is from> rectification at your station, filters will not
help.>> John KK9A>> From: "Mike Ryan" K4CVL wrote:>> During the last
160m SSB contest it became obvious that I am in need of a> serious
broadcast band filter. Though I currently have one in-line that I>
bought a dozen years ago (cannot recall what brand) I appear to be
getting> some bleed through from 1420 AM. If only it were good music,
or even bad> music. But the 'fire and brimstone' programs and subject
matter are more> than I can take. Suggestions? - Mike, K4CVL>>>
_ ------------------------------ Message: 9Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024
17:59:05 -0500From: Ken WA8JXM <wa8jxm@gmail.com>Cc: towertalk
<towertalk@contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
<CAABDLm0GR=RiENWms27vGv662P32JizUbzmQnzZN+Cjo-tfJCQ@mail.gmail.com>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I have seen used towers on Craig's list and
Facebook Marketplace. Ken WA8JXM On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 3:13?PM Steve
Jones <n6sj@earthlink.net> wrote: > And does he have a fall radius of
more than 200'? The neighbors might> otherwise get nervous!> 73,>
Steve> N6SJ>>>> -----Original Message-----> From: TowerTalk
<towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Steve Maki> Sent:
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 11:32 AM> To: towertalk
<towertalk@contesting.com>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST>> The weak spot is where it transitions
from tapered to straight @ 140'.> Generally it will handle whatever
that 60' piece of 4' on a side tower> will handle, which isn't nothing.
Sabre is a good manufacturer.>> The companies that make SS towers seem
to have settled on that basic> design - mainly varying the number of
straight sections to satisfy loading> requirements. The straight
sections are normally 4' face width.> We often get towers with 40' of
straight, sometimes just 20' or 10' for> the beefier ones.>> -Steve
K8LX>>> On 02/28/24 1:51 PM, JP K wrote:> > Piece of> >
cake:https://www.tessco.com/product/s3tl-series-vl-200ft-100mph-self-s>
> upporting-tower-306405> >> > I hope he doesn?t want to put anything more than a bird house on it> > though?> >> >> >> On Feb 28, 2024, at 10:22?AM, David Gilbert<ab7echo@gmail.com> wrote:> >>> >>> >>> >> Good luck finding a 200 foot self supporting tower. Does he have any> idea at all what that would look like?> >>> >> Dave AB7E> >>> >>> >>> >> On 2/28/2024 11:15 AM, RVZ via TowerTalk wrote:> >>> A ham friend in Illinois in looking for a 100'-200' Self-Supporting> tower. Please advise if you know of any for sale?> >>> Thanks & 73,Dick Van Zandt- K9OM> >> _______________________________________________> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________> >> TowerTalk mailing list> >> TowerTalk@contesting.com> >> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> > _______________________________________________> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > TowerTalk mailing list> > TowerTalk@contesting.com> >
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