What’s that thingy called that sticks up above the 55G “mast” that has the
rotating antenna attachment gizmo (previously thought to be properly called a
boom to mast plate)? Is it a tower, since it is freestanding, or what are we
supposed to be calling that 2 or 3 inch diameter round piece that is
freestanding above the “mast”? Should we call it a pole?
I am saddened that I told someone recently that over the last 50 years I have
put up about 20 towers. Turns out I’ve never put up a single tower.
I guess someone should take the entire archive of Towertalk and swap the word
mast with tower and tower with mast in every post. Sorting out who meant what
over the last decade or two should keep us busy for another 20 years.
Stan, K5GO
> On May 28, 2023, at 7:49 PM, David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 5/28/2023 4:47 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> Of course I saw the picture. If it's guyed, it's a mast. A tower is
>> freestanding.
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>> On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 04:20:24 PM MST, David Gilbert
>> <ab7echo@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Did you see the picture? The tower itself, not the mast, broke in
>> multiple places roughly where one set of guys attached to the tower.
>> You can even see the jagged edges of the hollow tower legs. That would
>> certainly be well below the mast.
>>
>> Dave AB7E
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>> On 5/28/2023 3:59 PM, Wes Stewart via TowerTalk wrote:
>> > It was guyed; it was a mast.
>> > Wes N7WS
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>> > On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 12:37:20 PM MST, Mike Fatchett W0MU
>> > <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
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>> > The post talks about masts but that could be a translation issue.
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