[TowerTalk] Tapered tower hazer

[Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)]

I don't have a tower yet, but I have pretty much decided that an AN 
Wireless one is the way to go, despite the current free shipping offer 
on a Trylon, and even though I don't need the more comprehensive 
documentation/calculations that AN Wireless provides.

Why did you install a ladder (how long?) up the tower instead of getting 
the climbing bolts? Cost? Does the AN Wireless tower come with the 
threaded holes for climbing bolts already in place even if you don't 
order the climbing bolts themselves?

Which model tower do you have? What do you have on it? Did you get any 
the accessories? I am trying to decide about the climbing bolts and the 
safety line. I am thinking of a 60ft. Light Duty model.

73 Alan NV8A


On 03/25/05 01:07 pm Jeff Goldman tossed the following ingredients into 
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

> I own an AN Wireless tower, and I believe it would be difficult to 
> directly put a hazer on it.   On each side, every other cross-member 
> diagonal is on the outside of the tower, and as a result would 
> interfere with the movement of the hazer mechanism.   Also, according 
> to the tower assembly instruction, the bolts at each section junction 
> are installed with the head on the inside, and the lockwasher and nut 
> are on the outside of the legs (as well as the splice plates.  All this 
> would make it almost impossible for the hazer ride up and down on the 
> legs.
> 
> On my tower I have added a real ladder  (15 inchs wide) up one side of 
> the tower, and using the outside cross-members to support the ladder ( 
> I'm not using the typical steps that they put up one leg). If properly 
> combined with some sort of hazer trolley, the side rails of the ladder 
> (which are a constant distance apart) could be used as the "tracks" for 
> a system to run your antenna/rotor up and down.  This would avoid the 
> taper problem.  Telerex used to make a system like this for use on 
> telephone poles.