[TowerTalk] Texas Tower (Irving, TX) Aluminum Tower info
Mahlon Haunschild
mahlonhaunschild at cox.net
Sun May 9 15:43:05 EDT 2004
Hello, list.
Have recently acquired quite a bit of Texas Tower Mfg. (in Irving, TX
not Richardson) 10" face aluminum tower. Construction method used for
this is:
- Legs: 1" x 1" aluminum angle stock
- Braces: Stamped/punched out of 18 ga. aluminum & riveted to legs
Apparently I'm not the only one who's seen this stuff, since there's at
least one other posting in the archives referring to this tower product
line. What I would like to know, for this tower design, is:
- How were the sections joined?
- How were guys attached?
- What was used to mount it? Hinge base? J-bolts? What?
This stuff is far too light to use as a real tower (and there's no way
I'm going to climb it) but it's gonna make a dandy wire antenna support
& maybe even a 1/4 wave vertical if I can ever figure out how to get it
together.
Would appreciate any/all info. Thanks.
regards,
Mahlon - K4OQ
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