[TowerTalk] Need to identify the tower

[Alex Malyava]

Thanks for all the info, guys.

American Standard it is.
We will put A3S there and nothing more than that.

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Joe K2UF <joe at k2uf.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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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