[TowerTalk] Masts

[BRENT BAUM]

Another way to get a free tower is to do a little work for someone, or some 
company, that has an unused tower. I relocated, retuned, etc. the main 
antennas for our local historical railroad (The Heber Creeper) and they gave 
me a 40' crank up tower in return.
73 de K7MEI, Brent


>From: Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net>
>To: "AD5VJ  Bob" <rtnmi at sbcglobal.net>
>CC: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Masts
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:34:17 -0800
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>On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:24:21 -0600, "AD5VJ  Bob" <rtnmi at sbcglobal.net>
>  wrote:
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> >Has anyone successfully put a tribander on a mast at 60 feet or is that 
>not possible.
>
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>Your main problem would be raising it. The best and easiest way would
>be to completely assemble it on the ground and use a crane for
>raising. Problem is, by the time you pay for the crane, you could have
>bought several sections of Rohn 25.
>
>It's been mentioned here before, but a number of hams have gotten free
>towers by just driving around, finding a tower and offering to take it
>down for free. You might be surprised how many towers are out of
>service and just collecting dust, waiting to be removed. One fellow I
>know of has half a dozen towers on his property of various heights and
>never paid a cent for any of them. Something to think about.
>
>73, Bill W6WRT
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