Rod, N4SI wrote:
>In addition, every aluminum tower I have worked on, if it has been up
>more than a couple of seasons, develops splits in the legs (people in
>the south can stop reading here) due to the freeze/thaw cycle because
>of water collecting in the legs.
>
>Whereas our more popular steel towers nest with the lower leg
>being inserted into the upper leg, the aluminum towers nest the upper
>into the lower, providing a natural path for water to the inside of
>the tower legs.
>
>A further manifestation of this is in disassembly, observing that all
>of the cross bolts will be heavily (as in loss of significant amounts
>of material) rusted.
And N4KG mentioned the weird design on the bracing...
I have worked on a few aluminum towers in my day, and the current discussion
is further proof of one of the K6NA tower corollaries: Aluminum triangular
towers make beautiful 80 meter verticals. That's all.
Glenn K6NA
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