Clarification, Stainless Tower company builds steel towers. They are NOT stainless steel.
We had a 350 ft Stainless tower at WDXN in Clarksville TN. It was a challenge to climb as the horizontal members were 3ft apart. That's a tall step. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 3, 2019, at 7:46 AM, George <[email protected]> wrote: > > All, > In 1998 we replaced a 1955 1,000' Stainless Tower. It was located in Lantana, > Florida - probably 15 miles of so from the Atlantic Ocean. > We did paint the tower often but never did any maintenance on the guy wire > hardware. > The tower used galvanized hardware. The hardware on the tower and guy wires > were original. > Our tower maintenance company did use a penetration lubricate before they > adjusted guy tensions. > We had the tensions checked during the annual inspection; But only adjusted a > couple times in the 35 years I was there. > > 73 > George AI4VZ > > > -----Original Message----- From: rv6amark via Elecraft > Re: "Rohn tower hardware is hot dipped galvanized steel. I'd take their > knowledge over any "tower guy" or any other person for that matter > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
