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[Ken Hirschberg]

Ken Hirschberg wrote:

> Amen, brother!  If this station wasn't on solid rock, it would have a pole.  As
> mentioned before, the guyed 55G here is wonderful and has its set of advantages,
> but it's almost a TOY compared to a class 2 pole.  A new 70- footer went for
> about $1500 a few years ago.  Yes, they do fail, however, by that time, many of
> the houses don't have roofs anymore.  Properly installed, (drainage, mainly) a
> pole will outlive the young installer.  For info. on splicing poles (then they
> must be guyed),  see Edmund Laport, Radio Antenna Engineering, McGraw-Hill, and
> Asian edition, Me-Ya Publishing.  Regards, Ken  K6HPX
>
> K7GCO@aol.com wrote:
>
> >    There has been all kinds of hints on TT how to handle all the tower
> > problems.  Self supporting towers also take a lot of expensive concrete in
> > the ground.  I have seen very little on all the advantages on the best
> > antenna support of all--The Telephone Pole.  I've never heard of one failing.
> >  Step spikes screw in for easy climb.  No concrete and a relatively simple
> > installation.  No guy wires.  I'm looking into getting used ones back in SD.
> > I want to work out a technique to splice them as they aren't very high back
> > there.  Does anyone have pricing information on them new or used?
> > k7gco
> >
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