[TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN MIDWEST
tommy at k6ye.com
tommy at k6ye.com
Thu Feb 29 00:34:43 EST 2024
Years ago Luso made crank up towers available to 150' for US hams
(LUSO.COM). K9CT had (available on YOUTUBE) one up but I am not sure of
the altitude. I believe they did a demonstration at one of the Visalia
International DX conventions. It is worth a look.
Good luck in your quest.
Semper Fi,
Tommy - K6YE
DX IS and CW RULES
On 2024-02-28 22:04, RVZ via TowerTalk wrote:
> Fellas, While my original message stated he was looking for a 100' to
> 200' Self-Supporting tower- he would prefer one in the 100' to 140'
> range. He has 30 acres of land so plenty of room on-hand but he
> doesn't want guy wires. The tower will only be used for a small wind
> load VHF antenna so a massive Cell tower isn't required. I have a 120'
> Self-Supporting Pi-Rod Tower with solid steel legs and it's base is
> only 5' wide, 2' wide at the top. It was designed for over 20 sq.ft.
> of wind load which is far more than he needs. So a small foot print
> tower, like a Pi-Rod Solid-Steel Leg Tower, in the 100' to 140' range
> is ideally what he's looking for. 73, Dick- K9OM In a message
> dated 2/28/2024 6:00:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> MIDWEST (RVZ) 2. Re: SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST
> (David Gilbert) 3. Re: SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST
> (charlie at thegallos.com) 4. Re: SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE
> MIDWEST (JP K) 5. Re: SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST
> (Gene Smar) 6. Re: SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST (Steve
> Maki) 7. Re: SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST (Steve
> Jones) 8. Re: Broadcast Band Filter (Michael Tope) 9. Re:
> SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST (Ken
> WA8JXM) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message:
> 1Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:15:46 +0000 (UTC)From: RVZ <rlvz at aol.com>To:
> towertalk at contesting.comSubject: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER
> NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
> <2144127340.2152677.1709144146674 at mail.yahoo.com>Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024
> 11:22:18 -0700From: David Gilbert <ab7echo at gmail.com>To:
> towertalk at contesting.comSubject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER
> NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
> <fb06f9ce-1384-41ce-bacb-577be4ca27cb at gmail.com>Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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 ------------------------------ Message: 3Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024
> 13:51:34 -0500From: <charlie at thegallos.com>To:
> <towertalk at contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
> TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
> <014801da6a77$27447020$75cd5060$@thegallos.com>Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset="utf-8" I mean, the Tesco 200ft self supporter
> is only 53K, 21 ft spread on the legs. Small stuff
> <grin> -----Original Message-----From: TowerTalk
> <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of David GilbertSent:
> Wednesday, February 28, 2024 1:22 PMTo:
> towertalk at contesting.comSubject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER
> NEEDED IN THE MIDWEST 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_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________TowerTalk
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> 4Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:51:57 -0800From: JP K <jp at ezoom.net>To:
> towertalk at contesting.comSubject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER
> NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
> <40F721C5-8F4F-43B5-9D63-662452530CB4 at ezoom.net>Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=utf-8 Piece of cake:
> https://www.tessco.com/product/s3tl-series-vl-200ft-100mph-self-supporting-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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> 5Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:16:59 +0000 (UTC)From: Gene Smar
> <ersmar at verizon.net>To: RVZ <rlvz at aol.com>, RVZ via TowerTalk
> <towertalk at contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
> TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
> <170980480.1580775.1709147819579 at mail.yahoo.com>Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=UTF-8 He can look into Trylon. They're a Canadian
> manufacturer and I have one of their medium duty Titan models. He'll
> need to ask about their heavy duty commercial models. We used them on a
> cell phone project in Haiti and they're monsters.?73 de?Gene Smar
> AD3F? Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop On Wed, Feb
> 28, 2024 at 1:16 PM, RVZ via TowerTalk<towertalk at contesting.com>
> 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-
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> ------------------------------ Message: 6Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024
> 14:32:07 -0500From: Steve Maki <lists at oakcom.org>To: towertalk
> <towertalk at contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
> TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
> <ea3faa21-558c-4a45-b49f-bce2a0b4a6c2 at oakcom.org>Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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-supporting-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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> 7Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:13:19 -0800From: "Steve Jones"
> <n6sj at earthlink.net>To: "'Steve Maki'" <lists at oakcom.org>,
> "'towertalk'" <towertalk at contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk]
> SELF-SUPPORTING TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
> <000701da6a82$942b0130$bc810390$@earthlink.net>Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset="UTF-8" And does he have a fall radius of more
> than 200'? The neighbors might otherwise get
> nervous!73,SteveN6SJ -----Original Message-----From: TowerTalk
> <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Steve MakiSent:
> Wednesday, February 28, 2024 11:32 AMTo: 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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> 8Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:45:49 -0800From: Michael Tope
> <W4EF at dellroy.com>To: towertalk at contesting.comSubject: Re: [TowerTalk]
> Broadcast Band FilterMessage-ID:
> <d3d5e084-b1f3-4b97-ab8d-ae3d7720638a at dellroy.com>Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed A very good way to check for
> this is to put an attenuator (10 to 20dB) between the radio and the
> antenna which is picking up the sort of bleed-through Mike describes.
> If the bleed-through doesn't go away when you add-in the external
> attenuation, the problem is likely NOT in the radio. Switching in the
> radio's internal front-end attenuation isn't always sufficient. I had a
> case where the bias on the PIN diodes that switched high-pass filters
> into the receiver front-end of one of my radios was being modulated by
> the very strong BCI from a nearby 4-tower array that favored me more
> during the day. Switching in the radio's front-end attenuation didn't
> help. I had to attenuate the signal ahead of that PIN diode switched
> filter-bank in order to reduce the bleed through.? When I did that, the
> bleed-through stopped, so I knew the QRM was being generated inside the
> radio. 73, Mike W4EF......... On 2/27/2024 10:47 AM, john at kk9a.com
> wrote:> I have no filter suggestions but just be aware if the
> interference is from> rectification at your station, filters will not
> help.>> John KK9A>> From: "Mike Ryan" K4CVL wrote:>> During the last
> 160m SSB contest it became obvious that I am in need of a> serious
> broadcast band filter. Though I currently have one in-line that I>
> bought a dozen years ago (cannot recall what brand) I appear to be
> getting> some bleed through from 1420 AM. If only it were good music,
> or even bad> music. But the 'fire and brimstone' programs and subject
> matter are more> than I can take. Suggestions? - Mike, K4CVL>>>
> _ ------------------------------ Message: 9Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024
> 17:59:05 -0500From: Ken WA8JXM <wa8jxm at gmail.com>Cc: towertalk
> <towertalk at contesting.com>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SELF-SUPPORTING
> TOWER NEEDED IN THE MIDWESTMessage-ID:
> <CAABDLm0GR=RiENWms27vGv662P32JizUbzmQnzZN+Cjo-tfJCQ at mail.gmail.com>Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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> >> _______________________________________________> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________> >> TowerTalk mailing list> >> TowerTalk at contesting.com> >> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> > _______________________________________________> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > TowerTalk mailing list> > TowerTalk at contesting.com> >
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