[TowerTalk] Class 2 and Class 7 Poles

[Alan AB2OS]

How practical is it to use a 50' (or 60', if available) 
utility/telephone pole as a support for something like a 3-el. SteppIR? 
And how would the installed cost compare with a typical steel tower of 
the same height?

Alan AB2OS


On 05/17/04 02:10 pm Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 put fingers to 
keyboard and launched the following message into cyberspace:

> According to -The American Elecricians' Handbook-, the standards are
> from ANSI, and the 10 classes are classified by the circumference at
> the top and at a point 6 feet from the butt.
> 
> Class 2 is 25 inches minimum top circumference, and the figure for 6
> feet from the butt is dependent on the type of wood and the overall length.
> Class 7 is 15 inches at the top, and 29.5 toward the butt for
> Creosoted Southern Pine, 50 feet long.