[TowerTalk] Tower Consult

[Bill Turner]

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On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:03:05 -0400, "Dick, W1KSZ"
<w1ksz at earthlink.net> wrote:

>At present, I have narrowed the choice of towers to either 80' of
>Rohn 45 or an 80' Universal Aluminum Free-Standing tower.

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I like the free-standing approach. I don't like guy wires because I
don't trust them and they need regular watching and possibly
maintenance. A free-standing tower is plant it and forget it. I have
an 80 foot Trylon which has been up six years with no problems at all.
True, it takes a lot of concrete, a six foot cube, but the hole was
dug in about an hour with a backhoe. It took a couple of hours to
construct a rebar cage and 15 minutes to fill with concrete. 

The only thing I might do differently is put in a free-standing
crankup or fold-over tower. At my age, 64, climbing 80 feet is a job.
Last Tuesday ago I spent 7.5 hours at the top and it was a job and a
half, let me tell you. :-)

I'm almost back to normal.

Bill W6WRT