I had one and it provided years of good service. I added a motor for
raising and lowering and then just manually tilting it over. Had a 2 el
40m and a 4 el SteppIR on it no problem.
Richard
*W7ZR* ex:5C5Z, CN2ZR, K2JSP, W6SBZ, W7KXR, K9ZIJ, W9KNF, W0KDF, W0MQU,
J68ZR, KC6ZR, PJ4/W7ZR, KH2,W7ZR, KH6/W7ZR, V31ZR, VK4AAZ, XE2DV
*Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer*
On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 1:51 PM Jim Dawson <jdawson@jasystems.com> wrote:
> I'm looking at purchasing a used US Tower model MA-550 on an MARB-550
> rotor base. I don't
> know anyone who has used one so I have questions:
>
> Will it handle a small tri-bander with a 40 meter element safely? I will
> limit
> it to 40-45 feet because of proximity to power lines.
>
> I recently downsized from a
> 120' Rohn 45 with stacked mono-banders thinking I was finished with ham
> radio. It took only a few months to realize I wasn't
> ready to give it up yet but I had already moved to a small house on a very
> small lot with no room for guys.
>
> I'd appreciate any helpful comments or experience with this tower.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim - K9DD
>
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