Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 18:20:45 -0400
From: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Trylon 72' Tower
> "However, my concern is that we noticed, right after the storm had passed,
> that the tower had a noticeable "lean", in the upper third or so. toward
> the east. The strongest winds during the eye were from the west. It is
> hard to tell exactly, but when sighting up either of the legs on the east
> side (it is leaning slightly to the east) it appears there is a change in
> the direction of legs about 30' up..."
As I recall, Scott, KA9FOX and owner of QTH.com experienced a similar
shearing issue that caused an upper section to bend on a Trylon T500-72 at
his old QTH. After that experience, he went with a guyed tower for his
new QTH.
Paul, W9AC
## That 72 ft trylon is only rated for 6 sq ft at 100 mph. If you want the
real deal, trylon makes
the heavy duty version, comes in 10 ft sections..and uses splice plates between
sections, so no
sectional overlaps. The 72 ft trylon loses 4.5 inchs in the sectional
overlaps..so its only really just over
69 ft tall. The real deal trylon sself support towers are on their
website.... and go up to 180 ft.
You wont lift the sections on em with a gin pole though..way too heavy. But
if u want something that will
handle 50-75 sq ft plus an inch of ice, they work very well....and reasonably
priced. Sorta like an AN wireless
tower on steroids.
Jim VE7RF
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