Hi Steve, this is Jim Layne, KI5GHV, in Katy, TX. I am definitely interested in the tower w/antenna. My cell phone is 832-212-8408, please me at your convenience.
On Sun, May 4, 2025, 16:14 Steve Clark via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Fellow BVARC Members, > > > > I am selling my 36-ft telescoping tilting tower, and will include a > currently disassembled 3-element yagi antenna. Feel free to email me off > the reflector at [email protected]. > > > > They come together for price of $950. They are not being sold > separately. > > > > The reason I’m selling these is because I’ll be selling my house and won’t > be putting these up. The pair are being sold as-is, with no returns. > > > > The new owner will need to bring a trailer or truck large enough to carry > the 20-ft long tower assembly. I estimate that it weighs around 175 lbs to > 200 lbs, maybe a bit less. Two reasonably strong people can pick it up. > By myself I was able to get it onto and off the trailer I rented to bring > it to my QTH. > > > > The Tower: > > > > - The tower is comprised of two 20-ft girder sections. The center > section cranks up via a cable attached to a hand-operated winch. There is > about a 4-ft overlap that retains the internal girder within the outer > girder when fully extended, so the total height is about 36 feet. > > > > - As can be seen in the photo, the tower is strong enough to handle a > large antenna with a rotor. > > > > - The screen that wraps around the tower near the base is a child > climbing prevention screen. It can be removed, or left on. > > > > - The tower base allows the tower to be tilted over to work on the > antenna. A separate winch will be required to lower the tower (to tilt it > down horizontally). > > > > - The winch to raise and lower the tower vertically needs to be > replaced. The buyer will need to supply their own winch to horizontally > tilt the tower. > > > > - While the paint on the tower is okay, the new owner may want to > repaint the tower. > > > > The Antenna: > > > > - I don’t know much about the antenna. The antenna that comes with > the tower is disassembled and on my garage floor. > > > > - PLEASE NOTE: The antenna shown in the picture of the erected tower > IS NOT the antenna that comes with the tower, nor is the rotor included. > > > > - The antenna is a 3-element multi-band yagi, but I don’t know to > which bands it is tuned to or how well it works, or even if it does. I > never set it up. I also don’t know what brand of antenna it is. > > > > Thanks for checking this out, and I hope to find a new home for this great > set-up. > > > > 73, > > Steve Clark > > W5ICR > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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