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Subject: [TowerTalk] tower i.d.
From: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 09:51:16 EST
In a message dated 98-03-23 08:52:40 EST, sjb@fuse.net writes:

> need help identifying a tower I recently purchased. the tubular ends are
>  10.5" on center, so there are no mounting plates for cement that I can
>  find for that size. I believe Rohn is about 11.5". This tower has large
>  horiziontal braces, 5 per 10' section. No Z bracing. It does have a nice
>  cone shaped top section. Any ideas?

     This is a tower for TV antennas. It doesn't have much torsional
resistance or much load capacity. If you're real careful, you could probably
put a small tribander on it but I wouldn't push it very far. Be conservative
and you'll be okay.

Cheers,  Steve  K7LXC

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