[TowerTalk] $500 30' EZ-Tower

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

I have seen the wind generator setups in Montana and they are not nearly 
as robust as one might think.  They are just guyed well.  What did you 
have planned to put on top?  The fiberglass poles I have would support 
some pretty big ham antennas without issue.

On 9/20/2011 10:24 AM, Michael Goins wrote:
> The surplus fiberglass poles won't handle the load of a decent sized 
> wind generator. It's hard to tell in the photos, but that is likely 
> large pipe.
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> mike, k5wmg
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> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu at w0mu.com 
> <mailto:w0mu at w0mu.com>> wrote:
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>     That is very pricey.  You can get suplus fiberglass poles from
>     millions
>     of people on Ebay etc that will do the same thing for much less.
>      I paid
>     more for shipping than I did the poles.
>
>     W0MU
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>     On 9/20/2011 9:55 AM, AA6DX - Mark wrote:
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>     http://www.harborfreight.com/clearance/30-ft-wind-generator-tower-kit-94712.html
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>     > Anybody tried this yet?  Looks pricey to me, for what you get...
>     but great for carrying around, eh?
>     > 73-- Mark  AA6DX
>     > CU CQP --Humboldt County!
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