[TowerTalk] extending height of USTower MA550MDP

[Stephen Reichlyn]

I have a USTower MA550MDP. the current antenna is a Tennadyne T-6 (12 foot 
boom) and I usually do not
raise the tower higher than 50 feet (of the 55 feet available). Do any of 
you mechanical engineers
(real or wannabe) have an opinion about extending the height of this tower 
using a .250 wall galvanized (2" OD)
16 foot galvanized mast (I'll use only 10-11 feet of the mast above the top 
section) to raise the antenna up
approximately 10 feet? The antenna is a free-standing using the Rotor Base. 
The foundation is fully
USTower spec-ed (3 x 3 x 6 feet, fully rebared).
73,
Steve AA4V
Isle of Palms, SC

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