[TowerTalk] BX "safe" load

K7LXC@aol.com K7LXC@aol.com
Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:50:02 EST


In a message dated 98-02-06 07:04:29 EST, harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu writes:

> This variation has caused much confusion in judging BX-style towers not
>  helped by the fact that CQ Contest published a photo of "BX" that was
>  vastly in error-- showing cross braces rather different than the Rohn
>  factory BX I have in my yard now.  An error nor corrected in later issues,
>  I might add.

     The tower shown in the aforementioned photo is AX. You're the first
person who has caught and mentioned the error. Nonetheless it still
illustrates the X-bracing used in AX and BX-type towers.

73,  Steve   K7LXC

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