[Towertalk] Those with a universal tower

[Herbert Sweet]

I have a 50ft high -15 sq ft Universal Tower with a Mosley PRO67C3 at the very top and 8 ft above
that, 2 VHF beams -- all topped off with a VHF vertical.  The tower is 24 years old and I raise and
lower it with a winch and steel aircraft cable going to the winch through a pulley up about 30 ft in
a tree.  It is a smooth operation.  But I don't do it an more than necessary as I have to remove all
of the coax cables, messenger cable etc from the tower first. I do as much as possible by climbing.
I can get to all of the VHF antennas and to the two driven elements of the Mosley.

My tower legs are filled with concrete.

Herb
K2GBH

N0OEL@aol.com wrote:

> Hi John.    I have been using Universal towers for 25 years.   I Universal
> Towers to
> replace beams.    I climb them for service such as getting to a rotor or
> such.
> I generally tie a cable to my house (second story) and run the cable to the
> tower
> and run it through a pully mounted one third of the way from the top of the
> tower.
> I then run the cable down the tower to a winch.     It works great permitting
> me to
> lower my tower by myself.     I mount the winch on the tower for this purpose
> and
> when finished and I have cranked the tower back to the vertical and attached
> the
> leg I remove the winch.    Works great.     If you have a lot antenna on the
> tower
> be careful.    You dont want to lower the tower from the top as it may bend
> your
> tower.
>
> Believe me one of the great advantages of the Universal is the ability to tip
> it and
> you paid the price for a good tower so use the feature.     I am a big
> supporter of
> Universal and aluminum towers.
>
> 73
> Mike
> K0BUD
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