[TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST

[Ken WA8JXM]

I have seen used towers on Craig's list and Facebook Marketplace.

Ken WA8JXM

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 3:13 PM Steve Jones <n6sj at earthlink.net> wrote:

> And does he have a fall radius of more than 200'?  The neighbors might
> otherwise get nervous!
> 73,
> Steve
> N6SJ
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Steve Maki
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 11:32 AM
> To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST
>
> The weak spot is where it transitions from tapered to straight @ 140'.
> Generally it will handle whatever that 60' piece of 4' on a side tower
> will handle, which isn't nothing. Sabre is a good manufacturer.
>
> The companies that make SS towers seem to have settled on that basic
> design - mainly varying the number of straight sections to satisfy loading
> requirements. The straight sections are normally 4' face width.
> We often get towers with 40' of straight, sometimes just 20' or 10' for
> the beefier ones.
>
> -Steve K8LX
>
>
> On 02/28/24 1:51 PM, JP K wrote:
> > Piece of
> > cake:https://www.tessco.com/product/s3tl-series-vl-200ft-100mph-self-s
> > upporting-tower-306405
> >
> > I hope he doesn’t want to put anything more than a bird house on it
> > though…
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 28, 2024, at 10:22 AM, David Gilbert<ab7echo at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Good luck finding a 200 foot self supporting tower. Does he have any
> idea at all what that would look like?
> >>
> >> Dave  AB7E
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/28/2024 11:15 AM, RVZ via TowerTalk wrote:
> >>> A ham friend in Illinois in looking for a 100'-200' Self-Supporting
> tower.  Please advise if you know of any for sale?
> >>>   Thanks & 73,Dick Van Zandt- K9OM
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