[TowerTalk] "Growing" a universal tower...`

Richard Karlquist richard at karlquist.com
Sat Mar 15 20:40:09 EST 2003


> plus 1 for coax/sloper/VHF vertical). My question is, 
> without having to
> replace the 26 inch bottom section with a larger 30 inch 
> bottom section, is
> there any way to add sections, to "grow" the existing tower 
> and still have
> it safely handle the 10 sq foot antenna load? YES, I know 

Use a 26 inch section with larger tubing and/or thicker
wall.  The tower vendors can usually make up sections like
this.

Rick Karlquist    N6RK
richard at karlquist.com
www.n6rk.com
www.karlquist.com 




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