[TowerTalk] Advice on Old TV Antenna Tower

[john at kk9a.com]

My 60' Universal Aluminum tower used to move when I climbed it.  It seemed
like a lot of movement but as Jim said it probably was not. I sort of got
use to the movement and never had an issue.

John KK9A


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Subject:	[TowerTalk] Advice on Old TV Antenna Tower
From:	"Jim Thomson" <jim.thom at telus.net>
Date:	Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:08:56 -0700
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Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2017 00:44:32 +0000
From: "Cox, Norman R." <nrc at mst.edu>


##  It appears his tower is a 55 ft  Delhi.  They came in 8 ft
sections..with 
aprx a 4 inch overlap.  Bottom section was aprx  29 inch C to C on the
bolts.  
Aprx 16-18 inch wide at the top.    Cross pieces are Xs...and all riveted.

Thats normal for it to start the wobble at the 45 ft level.    Even the
bigger 
Trylon  free standing towers will do this...and esp if you weigh 200 lbs.
The 
legs are sorta quasi U shaped...with 2 bolts per leg, one above each other
on 
the upper sections...and  3 per leg on the lower sections. 
Seen from the ground by a 2nd person, 2nd person wont see it budge.   But
the 
fellow on the tower will swear its moving a bunch.     They all do that... 
unless guyed.   A buddy of mine who had guyed  rohn-25 at the time, freaked
out 
when he climbed
mine back in the mid 70s....  swore it needed guys...they dont at the 55
level. 
   Some sections will develop surface rust..and most dont. 

Jim  VE7R