Hi Alan, I was thinking about the longevity of the new one more 
than any improvement you might get from a few extra feet in 
elevation.  It would be a lot of work in any case.  Jim WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan R.  Downing" <[log in to unmask]
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Date sent: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:33:19 -0700
Subject: Re: Quite a surprise

Hi Jim, the thing is that I wasn't thinking of changing towers.  
I am still
not sure that it would be worth the effort.  A friend is running 
numbers
thru a program that shows the difference in signals to various 
places in the
world as height above ground is increased, and also for each 
band.  The 89
foot US Tower is a better tower than mine, not only 14 feet 
taller, but much
more heavy duty.  Time will tell what I am going to do.

73



Alan R.  Downing
Phoenix, AZ

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Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 6:20 PM
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Subject: Re: Quite a surprise

Man, some of us just have good!  friends!  What a terrific deal!  
Jim WA6EKS


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan R.  Downing
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 5:52 PM
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Subject: Quite a surprise

Hello all,



I have often referenced a friend who recently bought a farm in 
northern
Florida for the sole purpose of building a world class ham 
station there.  I
have been assisting him with the design of his station, as well 
as helping
with the ordering of tons of equipment.



Early last week, Stan bought an 89 foot US Tower in Mesa, Arizona 
which is
perhaps 30 miles to my east.  Because the tower was close to my 
QTH, he
asked if I could store the tower for a few weeks while he 
arranged for
transportation to take it to his farm.  Of course I said sure, 
and so
arrangements were made to deliver the tower and related equipment 
to me.  A
day or two later, Stan found another 89 foot US Tower that had a 
few more
options than the one in Mesa.  Since he liked the second tower 
better than
the first one, he bought it.  With the purchase of these two 89 
foot US
Towers, he now had bought a total of ten towers.  Once he 
finalized the
purchase of the tower in Dallas, he told me that he no longer had 
any use
for the Mesa tower, and said that I might just as well keep the 
tower that
was coming to my QTH.  The tower was delivered to my place 
Thursday
afternoon.



Now I am trying to decide if replacing my tower is worth the 
effort.  The
new tower is bigger and better than my current 75 footer, but 
replacing a
tower is not a trivial exercise.  Thankfully time is not a 
factor, so I can
make up my mind at any time.  Needless to say, I was very 
surprised that
Stan told me that I could keep the tower.  It is worth well over 
ten grand.



Alan/KD7GC











Alan R.  Downing

Phoenix, AZ