[TowerTalk] Tower loading... again...

StellarCAT RXDesign at ssvecnet.com
Thu Apr 7 00:23:59 EDT 2005


I am sure this has been covered many times over... if there is an article or three please let me know the url...
meanwhile:

I have read many times over how people REALLY seriously overload their towers - stacks on R25, HUGE
 arrays on R45... is it indeed that the designs are THAT conservative!? 

I am in SE Arizona - near the city of Sierra Vista. I want to put up ~134' of R45 - with a RTS rotor at ~37', an
 RTS guy ring at 77' and 117' and the top of the tower (still R45) at about 134'. I was thinking of a stack of M2 
4EL 20's (35' boom) at 118 and about 78'. But I love 75/80. Would this tower handle a 2EL 80 meter beam at 
the top (134')? 

I was thinking of the Force12 280S (58' elements, 18' "T" bars and a 36' boom) or maybe even the 
280Magnum (76' elements, 26' T-bars and a 44' boom)... 

[also - I have not tried to contact F12 - yet - I have however read they may be in "trouble"? Calls going 
unreturned, product not being delivered... I would not want to promote rumors but are they still healthy?]

g.
K9RX



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