[TowerTalk] foldover tower

[Tim Makins, EI8IC]

Contact Richard Pippin AB5T. He has a great design for one of these, or
something similar, and is a very helpful and knowledgeable gentleman.

73s Tim EI8IC
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <SGTOKIE at aol.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:02 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] foldover tower


> to change the subject a little from junior bush,
>
> in the past, i have seen homebrew fold-over pipe masts.....looked like
about
> a 4-6ft base consisting of 2 verticle spaced pipes anchored in the ground
with
> a pivot at the tops where about 30ft or so of stepped up pipe could be
> cranked by a hand winch........too bad i never took a closer look at the
> design.........any body have one of these? specs? i bet it will not
tollerate a bunch of
> wind load but would be nice for a rotateable dipole for 10, 12 or 15m
>
> david k5qwo
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