[TowerTalk] Jontz 60-ft Self-Supporting Tower Info?

[thompson@mindspring.com]

Boy, this could go back to the 50's.  Jontz and Strato made light duty crank
ups altho this is a little larger base and top section
than the TV only versions.  I remember Jontz telling the world their towers
would withstand hurricane force winds.  This is a guyed crank up
and the guess is that this was designed to support VHF and or small HF (say
a TA-33 or TH3) beam.  The problem is that with only 11-1/2" top section
that the Ham M won't fit inside.   In those days Jontz and Strato (WRL
carried Strato) gave no windload ratings.  Only TV, VHF, VHF or small HF,
big tri-bander etc.  Probably would work well with a WARC beam and a 2 meter
or one of the Force 12 beams.
I had a Jontz catalog at one time but in one of my moves guess it got
tossed.
73 Dave K4JRB

> Hello all,
>
> I've come across a 60-feet Jontz tower  for which the only information
> available is a single-page spec sheet stating the tower "will withstand
> hurricane force winds having been tested at windloads of 80 mph" BUT does
> not state antenna windload capacity.  This particular tower is the hot
> dip galvanized heavy duty model No. 500.   The tower comes in 10-feet
> sections with the base section 20-1/4-inch a side, intermediate straight
> and tapered sections, and a 11-1/2-inch  top section.
>
> I have no idea as to age but the spec sheet I refer to, states a  net
> price of $141.
>
> Thanks & 73, George AH6BV / w1
>



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