[TowerTalk] FOR SALE: 128' Heights aluminum tower

[n4kg@juno.com]

In your dreams !

Against all advice, one of our locals installed a KT34XA on 80 ft
of Heights Aluminum tower without guys.  It stayed up 3 weeks.  

One of the structural deficiencies of the Heights aluminum
towers is that they OMIT the horizontal brace at the top of each
section in the belief that the horizontal brace at the bottom of
the next higher section will carry the load.  This is fine for
STRAIGHT sections.  On the TAPERED sections, the leg
bends inward and is NOT supported due to the lack of the
horizontal brace.  In the above failure, it was one of the
unsupported tapered legs which folded in causing the
tower to fall.

de  Tom  N4KG

On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:23:01 -0800 "James Sawyer" <wa6znm@jps.net> writes:
> 
> What is the capacity of the tower?   Will it hold 30 sq ft of 
> antenna at 70  mph winds?
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of David Padrick
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 10:25 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] FOR SALE: 128' Heights aluminum tower
> 
> 
> 
> Heavy duty 128' Heights Manufacturing self supporting aluminum tower 
> for
> $2000.
> The tower is in very good condition.
> Contact me by email for details.
> Located in Sunnyvale, Ca.
> 
> 73,   David    W6ANR
> 
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