W6KPC who ran Tri-ex did allow you to guy the top of the bottom section if
using a house bracket
was not possible.
Dave K4JRB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dino Darling" <dino@kx6d.com>
To: "gmuller885" <gmuller885@aol.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Base
> The MW-50 is one of my favorites! This is NOT a free standing tower! It
> was designed to be bolted to the side of the house and had a simple tilt
> over plate with a simple piece of rod in the end. DO NOT try to modify
> this tower to be free standing! The other towers from this line are the
> MW-33 (4-section at 12') and the MW-65 (4-sections at 22'). I believe
> they also had an MW-20something too.
>
> What's real nice about this tower is that it has W bracing throughout!
> It made it a bit heavier, but a little bit more robust! The MW-33 on
> Tashjian's site is NOT the original MW series tower.
>
> Its too bad you are in 5-land or I would love to get this from you!
>
> Dino - KX6D
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Base
> From: gmuller885 <gmuller885@aol.com>
> Date: Fri, March 23, 2012 1:29 pm
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>
>
> Hello people:
> My name is Jerry and I am new to ham radio as you can see by my call
> sign at the bottom of this post. I was given a 50 foot crank up tower
> recently but have no specs on it. It is a Tri-Ex model MW-50. It need
> some work on the rust so I need to know what is good to clean that of
> before I put Cold Gal on it? I also need the specs for the base. How
> long do the J-Bolts need to be and what kind of rebar base do I need. It
> will be anchored to the hose as well as the base mount. Any help you all
> can provide will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jerry Muller KF5EYC
> GMuller885@aol.com
>
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