George,
Sorry, no help from this QTH. I was a Communications-Electronics Officer in
the Corps for quite a few years and never saw this type of tower. Of course
the other, richer services had more toys. Perhaps there's a former Signals
Officer who can identify it.
Just didn't want you to go without any replies.
73 K7MEI
>From: "KF6PYF@blaze1024.com" <KF6PYF@blaze1024.com>
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Help needed>>> Aluminum Tower Identification
>Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:05:30 -0700
>
>Hello, name here is George and the call is KF6PYF.
>
>I need help identifying a tower. It is supposed to be military surplus.
>I was told it is built of aluminum and titanium.
>Each section is about 8 feet long and only seems to weigh about 10 to 15
>pounds maybe less as I can pick a section up comfortably using just two
>fingers.
>Each section is connect to the next and is locked in place with a pin.
>This tower is very well built!
>
>
>Below are links to some pictures of the tower.
>The only piece I did not get a picture of
> was the fold over base, we hadn't picked it up yet.
>
>http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9291/tsca2.jpg
>http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6204/close-up.jpg
>http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4102/tower-acc.jpg
>http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9993/conection.jpg
>http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4076/cornerfw1.jpg
>
>
>I picked this up from an older Ham in our club. He said he paid quite
>lot for it and never got to use it. It's been under a tarp in his back
>yard for longer then he can remember.
>
>Besides needing help identifying it, I was also wondering if I got a
>good deal on this package.
>
>The package included
>#1. 7 sections of Aluminum tower including fold over base, rotating top
>section, and 2 guying plates
>#2. Brand new still sealed in the original box Hustler BTV6 which
>included the choke kit
>#3. Brand new never opened Cushcraft APR-18A radial kit
>#4. Slightly used 2 meter Cushcraft Ringo ranger
>#4. An HP model 4038 (db) RMS AC voltmeter
>All for the whopping total of $200
>
>Since I already have two towers I was thinking of using this one for
>portable field day use. Maybe mounting the base to an 8 foot trailer.
>My son and I did a test and were able to assemble the tower with 6
>sections about 48 feet a small tri band yagi and have it up and secured
>in less the 30 min. The tower is so light that without an antenna and
>rotor one person can easily walk it to vertical.
>
>To erect the tower I started by staking the base to the ground using 4,
>four foot sections of rebar one on each corners of the base plate. I
>drove the rebar down about 3 feet,The hinged base is very thick and is
>about 2.5 feet square, there are 4 holes in the corners of the plate.
>This tower seems to be very sturdy. I think if the base was mounted to
>an 8 foot trailer it could easily handle a small tri bander without guying.
>
>Anyhow I hope someone can help me identify this tower and maybe help me
>track down some specifications.
>
>73
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