[TowerTalk] Experience with MA550 tower

Wed May 7 12:19:16 EDT 2008

I don't know just how exact the old discontinued Wilson MT-61 tower is compared to the UST MA-550. I've seen several articles that say they're basically the same tower, can use the same raising fixtures and other accessories. 

Someone sent me .pdf files of the installation manual about a year ago for the MT-61 and a separate manual for the optional guying system for it. Maybe there's some similar guying method available for the MA-550?

LJ

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>From: K7LXC at aol.com
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>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Experience with MA550 tower
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>In a message dated 4/29/2008 8:37:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
>towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
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>>  Anyone have favorable/unfavorable comments about this  tower?  
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>    On the plus side, aesthetically they're pretty  reasonable. This is a 
>light-duty tower with a limited amount of capacity. If  you live in a windy area, 
>I'd be pretty careful. 
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>>  I'm thinking of a used one and, looking at the 4 eham  reviews, there's a 
>lot of talk about moving towers and needing to add guy  wires.
> 
>    Huh?!? Where does the manufacturer specify  guy-wires? More amateur 
>engineering. :-(  My advice is to follow the LXC  Prime Directive to "DO what the 
>manufacturer says." The reverse is also  true.
> 
>Cheers,
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