Well, the comparison made by K7LXC was to the standard Trylon ... the
one mentioned in his post where he said N9WX was "lucky not to have
bought a HD-70". The standard Titan series is the only one I could find
on his Champion Radio website. Possibly Steve carries the Super Titan
as well, but I didn't find it there ... only on the manufacturer's site.
The only listed prices I can see are $3,770 for the Trylon T500-72 and
$$4,080 for the HD-70. If those indeed are the current prices that's an
8% difference for what you admit is a "way stronger" tower.
I'm not knocking Trylon towers. They are solid towers and LOTS of hams
have them with no issues. But the HD-70 is indeed considerably stronger
than the T500-72 and after seeing what the winds do here at my QTH I am
grateful I had the good sense to buy one. Whether N9WX needed one or
not is his call.
Dave AB7E
On 1/12/2016 9:37 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 23:23:38 -0700
From: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Heavy duty free-standing tower options?
I have an HD-70 and wouldn't buy anything else, given the wind gusts I
get here on this hillside. The Trylon towers are a good value
(performance versus cost), but they aren't are strong as the AN Wireless
products. The AN Wireless web site used to have a pdf file from a
structural engineer comparing the two, and although the comparison was
funded by AN Wireless it's pretty hard to dispute the data. I don't
know if the file is still there, but I have a copy if you want it.
And yes, the almost 20m cubic yards of concrete that went into my tower
base may be overkill, but I've been at the top of the tower in 60+ mph
wind gusts with two Optibeam antennas on it and barely felt it move ...
and I would know because I'm fundamentally acrophobic. The cost of
whatever extra concrete there may have been was a small portion of the
total cost (tower plus rotator plus antennas plus shipping) anyway.
73,
Dave AB7E
## The trylon super titan series of towers are every bit as strong as the an
wireless.
And both the super titan and an wireless are way stronger than the plane jane
trylon
titan tower. Any analysis of an an wireless and the light duty titan is
misleading at best,
its an apples to oranges comparison. U can now also buy the welded version
of the super titan.
They also make a super max version of the super titan..in 19 ft sections..and
up to 250 ft tall.
## The 70 ft trylon super titan will handle loads of wind...plus 1 inch of
ice. Both are good towers.
Jim VE7RF
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