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Re: [TowerTalk] Heights - Universal tower

To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Heights - Universal tower
From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Reply-to: richard@karlquist.com, "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:56:01 -0800
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You have pre-1995 Heights.  The dimensions are somewhat
different than what is made now.  The 8 foot length and
upside construction pegs it as Heights, not Universal.

Rick N6RK

HansLG@aol.com wrote:
> I have a used tower in my back yard. It was used as a crank-up in the past
> but I have the possibilities to put it up as a fixed tower and don't need
> the  maintenance problems with a crank-up. The winch was in a very
> dilapidated  condition when I received it too.
>
> I was told it was a Heights tower as the sections are 8' long. I need two
> tapered sections in order to put it up the way I want it.
>
> When I am looking in the Height's catalogue I can't find anything with the
> dimensions I have in the back yard. When I look in the Universal's
> catalogue I  find it though. Their 26-TAPR and 22-TAPR would do the job.
> Anybody
> knows  anything that can help me?
>
> Also, when I received the tower (in the back yard) I noticed that the
> tapered ends of the tubes were facing down. I would prefer to have the
> tapered
> ends up ,as any water will then drain out instead in inside the tubes. I
> noticed the Universal have their tapered ends facing down. What is the
> preferred  method? To me, I would like to get as little water as possible
> inside
> the tubes.  Is there something I don't know or am not understanding?
>
> Hans - N2JFS
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