[TowerTalk] Self supporting tower...

[Douglas Ruz]

Hi Rick,

Thanks for your ideas...

What about 90 degrees Galvanized Angle Iron for a 4 legs tower???

I think i can get some HD tubing from High Pressure boilers but not 
galvanized...

73....Douglas, CO8DM

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de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se olvide de comer, 
de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
To: "Douglas M. Ruz Sobrado" <co8dm at frcuba.co.cu>; 
<towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Self supporting tower...


>
>
> On 6/11/2015 11:12 AM, Douglas M. Ruz Sobrado wrote:
>> Hi Group !!!,
>>
>> I would like build a 70 ft Self Supporting tower...Unfortunately towers 
>> are not available here, so, i need build it by my self.
>>
>
> The simplest thing for you to do is to find out what
> kind of structural tubing is available in CO-land
> and then engineer a tubular tower with what you
> can get.  MUCH simpler than a lattice tower.
> Possibilities might be steel well casing or
> drilling tubing.  Not, of course, water pipe.
> There have been various articles about homebrew
> tube towers, but you can't copy what they did.
> You have to adapt to whatever tubing you can get.
> Good luck on your hunt!
>
> Rick N6RK