Anyone have a sure shot at the lotery!!!
What a station, I can't immagine it.
Mike
KD2CDUAt 11:19 PM 3/13/2014, you wrote:
>Jim, one amazing tidbit is that the tower goes from full retraction (43
>feet), to full extension (170 feet), in 29 seconds.  Interestingly, because
>of slow ramp up and ramp down motor control, the antennas don't suffer any
>extreme stress.
>
>73
>
>
>Alan R. Downing
>Phoenix, AZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 7:40 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: What a tower!
>
>Man, I need some friends like that! Bet you could just put your
>shack atop that tower thus running very short coaxes to the
>antennas.  What a "treehouse!" Jim WA6EKS
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alan R.  Downing" <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:34:03 -0700
>Subject: Re: dayton
>
>At Dayton, be sure to check out the 170 foot Luso tower that a
>good friend
>of mine bought.  It will be on display at Dayton, then
>immediately trucked
>to my friend's QTH where the base will be waiting for it; all 52
>cubic yards
>of 4000 PSI concrete.  The rotating substructure  will also be
>installed on
>the concrete base, and ready for the crane to lower the tower
>onto it.  The
>tower weighs in at 50,000 pounds.
>
>Alan/KD7GC
>
>
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