[TowerTalk] Need to identify the tower

[Joe K2UF]

Alex and friend:

It look like American tower.

  I had 40 feet of American tower in my yard 30 years ago.  It was guyed at
each section and a 'Gem Quad' (3 el tri band quad)on top.  I climbed it many
times at that time (about 100 pounds ago).  Even at that time, at 50 years
old, my knees were not that good and the American tower has about a 22 inch
step between cross braces (UGH !! ).

  You have to inspect all the cross bracing welds and be careful for freeze
splits on the tower legs.  

Good luck

73  Joe K2UF

  
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of James
Wolf
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 11:37 AM
To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Need to identify the tower

That tower is what we call around here, Mr Wiggs tower.  It was sold by the
Mr. Wiggs chain store.   Some have speculated that it is a product of
American Tower, but I have nothing to back that up.

If guyed correctly it can hold up pretty well.  It must be pretty old now,
so watch for rust and freezing bulges.  There is still a fair amount of it
standing around these parts.

 

I would definitely need to torque guy it for a tribander and larger.

 

Jim - KR9U

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

Hi all,

A friend of mine got 4 sections of this tower -
https://goo.gl/photos/YjvjBy5idJV93ByQA - and he has no idea what exactly it
is.

It is on concrete foundation and will be bracketed to the house @ 28' level.

 

I am just wondering: what this tower is good for? Is it like for a tribander
only and nothing else or he can put 40m Moxon or some shortened

2-3 element 40m beam on it?

I am afraid that 40m beam will twist the tower and rip it off the wall.

 

That's, by the way, separate story - how bad will be 2-3 element 40m beam
mounted @ 42' height?

Is it still better than vertical?

 

 

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