If your going to use the cage for a Ufer ground, then it should be welded.
If your not, then tied would be fine. The 100,000's of feet of rebar in a
bridge is tied.
73
Jim W7RY
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Playford
To: David L. Thompson ; towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] QST article on how to put up a tower
I am under the impression that the rebar cage should be tied, not welded.
Comments?
de Paul, W8AEF
----- Original Message -----
From: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] QST article on how to put up a tower
> The article was quite good except for pulling the tower up by a rope. It
> looks like a US Tower and the easier way is to use the tower raising
> fixture. They sell one for the smaller towers and one for the HD towers.
I
> could not use my 71 footer without the fixture.
> 73 Dave K4JRB
>
> > The July QST has an article by WB6WUW on how to put up a self-supporting
> > tower. It begins on p. 33.
> >
> > Rob Atkinson
> > K5UJ
>
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