[TowerTalk] Help identify old tower

[Robert Harmon]

Gary,

I'm pretty sure Spaulding was taken over by Rohn.  
Rohn might have some specifications in their files for the old Spauldings.

Bob
K6UJ





On Sep 30, 2010, at 4:30 PM, <gallen35 at cox.net> <gallen35 at cox.net> wrote:

> Hi Mark
> 
> Thanks for the info.  You are the first person that has given me what seems like a positive id on the tower.  Now that I know what I am looking for maybe I can find a catalog and/or spec sheet on it.   I have a friend that has access to some high tech quality control equipment that is going to check it for corrosion inside the vertical tubing.    I know from looking at it that it is a fairly light duty tower and needs guys at the end of each section.  However, it should meet my needs if it turns out to be mechanically sound.   
> 
> Just need to find out what kind of wind loading it will take before I start setting it up.   Gets a little windy here in the flat lands of Kansas.    
> 
> 
> Thanks again 
> Gary
> AB0TW
> 
> ---- AA6DX - Mark <aa6dx at arrl.net> wrote: 
>> Hmmm ... way back, I had a couple of those... my very first tower, in 
>> 1964-5, was a used 40' one ...  it held my brand new TH6, delivered by 
>> Railway Express .. when HyGain first came out with the Thunderbird .. 
>> methinks it was a SPAULDING tower. ?? I see others have brought up that 
>> brand also -- In the 70s, there were tons of them available in the 
>> Sacramento Valley, as the influx of cable and satellite made outside TV 
>> aerials not needed....... as an interesting aside .. dead heading lumber 
>> truckers used to pick them up along the trail and haul them here to sell to 
>> CBers...and hams ... I'll put that on the back burner and see if I can think 
>> up more info ... 73, CU in CQP  -- Mark  K6H   AA6DX   Humboldt County
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <gallen35 at cox.net>
>> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:41 AM
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Help identify old tower
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi.
>>> A couple of months ago I posted a request for help identifying an old 
>>> tower that I have.  I attached a couple of photos (bad move on my part) 
>>> since the reflector strips any attachments.   So I am trying again to get 
>>> a positive id on the old tower.  It is starting to look like it may be an 
>>> old Triastro tower/  But I am not certain.  I can not find any id# on the 
>>> tower, base or bracket for the crank.  It is a 3 section 54' crank up with 
>>> a tilt base and rather unique horizontal bracing.   This time I am leaving 
>>> a photobucket link to several photos.   Hopefully, someone on the 
>>> reflector will be able to give me a positive id and maybe some specs on 
>>> the tower.
>>> 
>>> http://s924.photobucket.com/albums/ad81/gallen35/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Gary
>>> AB0TW
>> 
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