[Towertalk] Help locating freestanding tower

Jim White k4oj@tampabay.rr.com
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 22:55:24 -0400


this is a good place to start - bet you have gotten e-mail already - you
might include your QTH....could be there is someone close by who knows of
something you should check out - let the group know where you are located!

GL

Jim, K4OJ
(Tampa)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Troy Thoele" <thoele@txcyber.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 10:12 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] Help locating freestanding tower


> Greetings -
>
> I am looking for a freestanding tower, unassembled, in the 70 to 140 ft
> range.  Where is a good place to look for something like this?
>
> Along these lines, I have a hardware question.  I have located another
> small tower that is on the way, but is missing the tower stubs and
> hardware.  It's a trylon tower, and the local bolt and screw company had
no
> idea what a "js500" finish was.  The speculation was that it was just a
> galvanizing coating.
>
> They did have grade 5 stainless steel bolts in stock though, for about 30%
> more than galvanized (special order in that size).  Does anybody have any
> opinions on using SS bolts instead?
>
> Thanks,
> Troy
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