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[TowerTalk] Cracked tower leg

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Cracked tower leg
From: TOMK5RC@aol.com (TOMK5RC@aol.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:10:10 -0400 (EDT)
Never seen one on Rohn tower that high up (more correctly, I've never heard
of one that I high up, cuz I don't climb). Whenever I see one at ground
level, it is usually a freeze crack from water collecting inside the tower
leg (common in very humid environments).

DON'T touch it with a welding rig. You will change the chemistry of the
metal. I would slit a piece of steel tubing and clamp it in place with
u-bolts.

73 and DX,

Tom Taormina, K5RC

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