[TowerTalk] tower cost #2

[RICHARD BOYD]

And you do see the occasional ones for TV antennas, now not being used, that 
are Rohn 45!


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Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:45 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] tower cost #2


> scrounging tower is great if you're looking for smaller size towers. say 
> rohn
> 25.
>
> i live in nw tn. in the country. i've got 6 rohn towers up.
>
> #1 is 50' rohn 25 tiltover. bought it from a friend who moved to az.
> #2  is 30'  ''    my dad used for  his 2 mtr beam. he didn't want the 
> tower
> at his new qth so we put up a gnd/plane for vhf & one of my spare 14avq 
> vert.
> #3,4,5 and 6 were scrounged.[ all 40' for my wire arrays] bought 3 
> sections
> at a hamfest  for $20 a section .traded a guy something for 2  more. my 
> uncle
> gave me 1 as he's got cable and the tv ant. was just wearing away not 
> being
> used. my neighbor gave me 4 for  basicly helping him take down an unused 
> tv
> tower.he's got cable.
> got 3 from my old boss before i retired. same reason.had  two furnature 
> guys
> deliver something and they told me they were taking one down for an 
> elderly
> lady and was i interested. local ham had 1 he had to keep moving to mow so 
> there
> came another one.
>
> you can put an ad in the local paper or shopper. put a note on the public
> bultn. boards at a local grocery or wallymart. if you spend a bit of  $ 
> and maybe
> a little work they will appear. with cable & the dish a lot of people 
> just
> want the tower gone.
>
> this is a lot tougher if you want rohn 45 or bigger but most of us use 
> rohn
> 25. you can't learn if you don't ask. worst you get is no or sorry but
> sometimes it's yes!
> k9il
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