Surely someone will respond with what the manual says for a base for this
tower. I cannot recall the exact base specifications.
I wanted to pass on some experiences with this tower. It is a good tower
suited for unique situations where a crankup is more practical or the only
choice. But a new learning curve or mind-set has to be established if you
are conditioned to conventional towers. Another advantage may be where you
think you may have tower-reluctant neighbors. You can let it grow at night
over a few weeks/months! They serve their purpose.
I had one of these towers in very, very windy Casper, Wyo. I had a TH7-DXX 7
ele tribander and a 2 ele Cushcraft 40m yagi on the tower. Perhaps
overloaded, but never had a problem. I had a HeathKit wind gauge on the
tower. When the needle started bouncing a bit; down came the tower as the
Chinook winds, with upwards of 70-75 MPH gusts, were coming!
I got tired of going out on my deck and cranking the thing up or down in my
PJ's at sub-freezing weather and ended up guying the tower.I want to recall,
I had a 3(+?) ft square hole about 4 ft deep. I put clevis (sp) hooks at
the section overlap points. That means climbing the tower when it is fully
extended; a real no-no....Put a strong steel bar across the tower ahead of
your climb is perhaps a safe way to violate the 'no-no-climb' rule..
At another location in Billings MT, I could only get about 3 foot deep due
to rock. I anchored it very strongly through the eave-overhang fascia back
to the rafters. Additionally, I drove 2 or 3 2" pipes into the sides of the
hole leaving a foot or two in the open hole for added support.
I caution you to crank it down before the winds start up. Once the winds
start, the sections tend to hang-up as you crank down due to the side force
of even mild winds. I have had to bang on the tower to take the slack out
and let the cables catch up with the descending tower; a real unsanitary
operation even for just a few inches of 'catch-up'.
Mike Bragassa, K5UO
(ex-NS7Z)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Moore" <pmoore@acsalaska.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 12:42 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Telex-Hygain 52SS received as gift
> I was just given a Telex-Hygain 52 foot self-supporting crankup tower.
> Had to cut two feet off the top to get around a kink, and had the top
> plate and rotater baseplate welded and reinstalled. It's stored for the
> moment while I try to figure out how big a hole I need to dig. I don't
> know the company's status at this point, was told they're out of
> business, but found a Hy-Gain site on the web which didn't show this
> tower. I think I need a manual, but if I just knew the specifications
> for installing it, that would be enough.
>
> It came with a Telex beam. I haven't figured out what model it is, but
> the boom is 3" aluminum tube, and it had at least five elements with
> one, the reflector, broken in half. The package also included a
> heavy-duty black rotator I was told is a Tail Twister, and a two-meter
> beam with sixteen director elements, one broken in half, and a
> three-element reflector arrayed in T-fashion behind the driven element.
>
> I've never installed a tower before, so my ignorance is vast. Help?
>
> 73 de AL7L
> Pat Moore
> Anchorage, AK
> _______________________________________________
>
> See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any
questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
>
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