A local ham just gave me his old Tristao T354 54' crank-up tower. It's a bit rusty but restorable, I think. It does seem pretty light-duty, I think it was intended to be guyed but I can't find a lot of info on it online. Anyone here know about these?
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It's junk. I be over in a few hours to haul it off for you.
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I don't know anything about the tower, but are you sure it's not not the CTL-354 model listed on page 14 of this catalog: 1976 TRISTAO CATALOG
Last edited by XE1/N5AL; 10-20-2012 at 08:51 PM.
Yeah, I think it may be. Thanks for the link.Originally Posted by wb5ydk
Edit: Looking more closely at that catalog, I think it's more likely that it's the CTL-154. Too light-duty for an HF beam but it might be okay to support a VHF antenna and/or an inverted V.
Last edited by NQ6U; 10-20-2012 at 10:20 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
After close examination, Eddie, I don't think I can use it. Not enough room on my little suburban lot for the required guys. If you want it, it's yours.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Tell ya what. next time I'm in the neighborhood, I'll help you run some guy wires. Maybe a couple to Pats place, a set to Tijuana, and, and and and gee, who else do we all know from San Diego? Actually, you might be able to use it for trading stock, or list it on Craigslist. I see all kinds of towers on the CL around here in the same condition you described. Might be able to raise a few bucks to invest in another BA.
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Depends on the beam. You should consider a Hex beam.
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Be a nice tower upon which to place a 6/2/432 Yagi stack. Then run some Alpha-Delta 160-30M slopers from the apex and select among them with an RCS-4 or similar switch.
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Any possibility of putting it in the ground a bit, (or pour a little concrete or bury three of those pre-cast concrete pillars they sell at HD or Lowes for the base), attach a house bracket to the upper part for stability, and then you could probably use 25-30 feet of it without too much trouble. Probably more if you just nest part of it when you aren't using it. Or as mentioned above, you could do some inverted vees which would act as guys. I don't know what you currently have, or if this would even be an improvement. Just thinking out loud..............
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