[TowerTalk] Crank Up Tower ?

Jack Parker vhfplus at gmail.com
Mon Aug 31 21:17:39 PDT 2009


I just took down a couple of 55-foot crank-up towers from the QTH of a SK,
one of which is tilt-over. The US Tower TX-455 nests at about 22-feet and
uses a raising fixture that is easy to operate. Our experience with wind is
similar to that of WD0M.
73,

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Robert Kirkland <alpha76 at triton.net> wrote:

> Is there any such thing as a self supporting 50' tilt over crank up tower?.
> I don't contest or go after DX however social conversations and exchanges
> of
> ideas with amateurs in/on  other continents is the objective. The beam
> would
> have three tunable elements, the name escapes me I am used to wire
> antennas.
> 73 & tnx
> Bob,w5pvr
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Jack, W6NF
Silver Springs, NV
DM09ji

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Thanks!


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