[TowerTalk] New Tower Antenna Spacing

[Stan Stockton]

I have no idea how much antenna the tower would support but,  
regardless, would consider making those 40 and 80 meter antennas out  
of material that will also serve as proper guy wires running to  
suitable guy anchors.

73...Stan, K5GO

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On Jul 21, 2011, at 5:13 PM, "Tim Rush" <trush7 at hughes.net> wrote:

> I just purchased a Heights 72ft aluminum tower in an estate sale. It  
> is in great condition. I estimate that the tower is about 15+ years  
> old.   It has the following sections:
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> 2- 35", 2 -30", 2 -26" and 3- 22".   Sections are 8ft. Very heavy  
> duty!
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> I have a 24' 2" ¼"  aluminum wall mast. I am having a hard time gett 
> ing the info on the tower and max wind load. The antennas I would li 
> ke to put on the tower are the following.
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> Cushcraft X7 7.9sq ft  60LBS  10, 15, 20 meters  (at apex)
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> Force 12 WARC7 4.93 sq ft 32 lbs  12, 17, 30 meters
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> The question is what is the optimum spacing for stacking the 2  
> antennas and will the tower accommodate? The new tower will also  
> have inverted V's for 40 & 80 meters and a 160 inverted L. The X7 is  
> on a MA550 tower which I want to use for 6 and 2 meter beams. Any  
> help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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> Tim N8DUY
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