[TowerTalk] Hello All

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/21/01 7:42:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
lclarks@nc.rr.com writes:

> Well I'm getting ready to order a tower !! I have ordered a Force12 C-31XR
>  and planing on putting some kind of 6 and 2mtr antenna's above the
>  31XR(nothing real large).
>  Its has to be free standing, crank-up/motorized, and fold over. It will 
only
>  be extended when in use. It should be in the 70-75ft range.
>  
    Pretty tough question. You have two choices: US Tower or an aluminum one 
by Universal or Heights (only one of them makes a crank-up but I don't 
remember which one).

    Aluminum is a tower material only used by Universal and Heights. There 
are NO commercial towers made of aluminum (except maybe the trailer-mounted 
version from one of the aforementioned manufacturers - I don't remember which 
one).

    You'll probably go with the Heights/Universal one since shipping costs 
are less than shipping a steel tower from California. 

Cheers,   Steve    K7LXC
Tower Tech 

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