[TowerTalk] AN Wireless

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

> It seems to me the question isn't if AN makes good towers or whether they spec bulletproof bases.
> The question is whether an experienced, respected tower professional opining the base may be
> overkill, or whether Trylon is good enough for the average ham, rises to the level of defamation.

The question of whether the base is overkill or underkill is meaningless
without reference to a specific soil type. I'm surprised
no one has brought that up.   Possibly the manufacturer
specified a base for the worst possible soil they could imagine.
In that case, you could say it is overkill in MOST cases by
definition.  At my QTH, I have "cemented hardpan".  Once you get
down into that, I'm sure any "one size fits all" base design would
be severe overkill.  All in all, a silly argument certainly not
worth getting excited about.

Rick N6RK