Hello friends,
I recently acquired a used 30ft antenna tower. The tower is 30ft and in pretty good condition with light surface rust. I unstacked the tower and it was quite stable when climbing it so I'm not concerned by that.
I'm attempting to ID the Tower manufacturer so I can purchase/find one more section. Here are some photos.
The sections are 10' long, with 10.5" center to center on the legs and 24" between the 5 braces. The O.D is 1.25".
Looking online the closest thing I could find was American Towers with a similar design but none of the dimensions match. I'm assuming that this is a obsolete model.
I also have a 4th oddball section given to me by the same guy I got the other sections from.
It is 9' 11-1/2", the same 24" spacing between braces but it is 11-1/4" center to center. I thought about using this section to build a tilt over base with 5' of it buried in a cement base and a winch and axle arrangement like the one designed by David J. Gingery in "HOW TO BUILD A 35’ TILT OVER ANTENNA TOWER"
Your thoughts and wisdom are welcome. This will be my first tower install. I have a Workman Discone and a Opek UVS-300 2m/70cm Dualbander along with my OTA HD antenna going on it, so it is not a great deal of weight.
Again thanks in advance for your advice.
Dave KD8JGQ
I recently acquired a used 30ft antenna tower. The tower is 30ft and in pretty good condition with light surface rust. I unstacked the tower and it was quite stable when climbing it so I'm not concerned by that.
I'm attempting to ID the Tower manufacturer so I can purchase/find one more section. Here are some photos.
The sections are 10' long, with 10.5" center to center on the legs and 24" between the 5 braces. The O.D is 1.25".
Looking online the closest thing I could find was American Towers with a similar design but none of the dimensions match. I'm assuming that this is a obsolete model.
I also have a 4th oddball section given to me by the same guy I got the other sections from.
It is 9' 11-1/2", the same 24" spacing between braces but it is 11-1/4" center to center. I thought about using this section to build a tilt over base with 5' of it buried in a cement base and a winch and axle arrangement like the one designed by David J. Gingery in "HOW TO BUILD A 35’ TILT OVER ANTENNA TOWER"
Your thoughts and wisdom are welcome. This will be my first tower install. I have a Workman Discone and a Opek UVS-300 2m/70cm Dualbander along with my OTA HD antenna going on it, so it is not a great deal of weight.
Again thanks in advance for your advice.
Dave KD8JGQ
