[Towertalk] 'Toes' of a tower concrete base

[EUGENE SMAR]

Dave et al:

     My response below (again.)

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
-----Original Message-----
From: David Jordan <wa3gin@erols.com>
To: EUGENE SMAR <SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net>
Cc: ac7nj@bentonrea.com <ac7nj@bentonrea.com>; blueis@sprintmail.com
<blueis@sprintmail.com>; TOWERTALK@contesting.com <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Date: Saturday, June 29, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] 'Toes' of a tower concrete base


>Sorry Gene,
>
>I'm not impressed... or swayed by 1.64, etc.

Wasn't trying to impress you, Dave.

You have you  fun with
>your books and calculations and you spend all the money you want on soil
>engineers, tests, etc. I'll get the tower up work a bunch of stations
>and have a good time.

As did I, and I'm having a blast!

>
>SOmetimes you can't make a great thing better....ask someone at IBM!
>
>I don't recall anyone saying he should use a 7x7x7 hole...6x6x6 would be
>fine or even 5x5x5.
>
And you say this based on what?

>You keep playing with the numbers Eugene...I think you really enjoy that
>aspect of this hobby!
>

I sure do enjoy it.  It's why I went to enjuneering skool.

>Some folks just take all the amateur our of radio!!!
>

Tower construction isn't one of those places where I'd want an amateur to
design one  for me.

>73s,
>dave
>wa3gin

And to you!
Gene Smar  AD3F
>
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