My situation is slightly different than most of you. I do *not*
have or plan to get a tower with Yagi(s) for 40 thru 10 meters.
Hence I do not have a skyhook from which to hang a 160 meter vertical.
I would like to simply build a dedicated 160 meter vertical,
perferrably at least 90 feet high. Of course, I could get 9 sections
of Rohn 25, but that would be overkill (I guess), and I don't want
to do any climbing. Would it be possible to get say 40 feet of aluminum
tower sections and attach 50 feet of aluminum tubing to the top, say
2 inch with .120 or .058 wall? Could this be walked up, assuming helpers
on the guy ropes? BTW, it is not a problem to have to guy this tower.
Seems like this might work, but I haven't actually heard of anyone
doing it. I would probably put a loading coil in series electrically
between the top of the tower proper and the tubing extension (center
loading).
Rick Karlquist N6RK
rick@area.com
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