[TowerTalk] Crank up question

[Jim]

Hi Jack,

I have the smaller Telex tower, a 40 footer.  It's rated at 9 sq ft and not sure
of the wind speed.  Probably at 50mph.  I'm not sure if Telex made a HD version
of their towers or not.  When I got mine, they made towers in 3 different
heights and I believe they all had a rating very similar to mine.  If that's the
case, the C4S would be fine.  You might be pushing it with the other antennas
though.  Incidentally, I use a T2X rotor in mine and it just barely fits.  Hope
this helps a little.

Jim
Wb6YAW

Jack Markum wrote:

> Good morning,
>     I have an opportunity to obtain a 50' crank-up self supporting foldover
> tower.  It is made by Telex-Hygain and is a model 133.  I don't know much
> about the specs. for this tower, other than physically it is in very good
> shape.  It would be perfect for my situation as guys will be difficult in my
> location, etc., but I do not know if it will be substantial enough to hold
> what I wish to put on it.  I plan to have a Force 12 C4S, a set of stack-11
> 2 meter beams, and possibly a 2/440 vertical on top.  This will be rotated
> with a Yaesu 1000SDX rotor.  I do not know how the rotor situation would
> work with a top section that small, if at all.
>
> Any specs that could be provided about this tower would be greatly
> appreciated.  As I said, I don't know if this tower will even come close to
> handling this or not, so I am asking the experts!!
>
> Best 73,
> Jack Markum  N5DUW
>
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