[TowerTalk] Tower concerns

[Mark Brown]

Hi 
	I somewhat agree but why don't they publish the specs for
those of us who live in 90mph wind zones?
			Mark


K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 1/15/01 4:48:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, w8ik@subich.com
> writes:
> 
> > How true ... I vividly remember a phone conversation with a tower vendor
> >  (and regular advertiser on TowerTalk)
> 
>     Actually we don't have any advertisers, regular or otherwise. Business
> owners who are TowerTalk subscribers are encouraged to post product and
> service related info of interest to the rest of us.
> 
> >  in which I asked for 100 MPH specs
> >  on his towers (both extended and retracted).  He completely refused to
> >  provide the information unless I paid for a custom engineering study
> >  (several hundred dollars for each tower I was considering)!
> >
>     DUH! What's your point? Of course running calculations for anything other
> than minimum brochure specs is going to cost money - they just don't have
> them sitting around in a folder. Windspeeds, exposure and loads vary with
> each installation so they have to be calculated with that in mind. A
> Professional Engineer has to sit down and spend an hour or two doing it and
> these people don't come cheap.
> 
>     Being insulted when you want something for nothing and don't get it is a
> typical ham reaction.
> 
> Cheers,    Steve    K7LXC
> Tower Tech
> 
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