UT30

30 ft Universal Tower with Adjustable Mast
UT30

UT30

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30 ft Universal Tower with Adjustable Mast

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Model:
UT30
Item Number:
6139
Warranty:
1 year

Overview

The UT30 is a durable instrument tower that can be used for a variety of applications. The UT30 tower provides a sturdy mount for many meteorological monitoring applications—especially air quality stations and regional Mesonets, where the 10 m (32.81 ft) measurement height for wind sensors is standard. It also holds antennas, solar panels, environmental enclosures, radiation shields, and crossarms. It is a versatile instrument mount: many of the same sensor mounts that are used with either our tripods or other towers can be used with the UT30.

Technical Description

The UT30 tower includes three 3 m (10 ft) sections and one extendable mast. The extendable mast has a 1.5 m (5 ft) length and a 3.175 cm (1.25 in) outer diameter [swagged to 2.5 cm (1 in) OD].

Top 3 m Section

The top section is constructed from 2.5 cm (1 in) OD aluminum tubing. Its width is 25.7 cm (10.1 in) on a side (center of tubing to center of tubing).

Center 3 m Section

The center section is constructed from 2.5 cm (1 in) OD aluminum tubing. Its width is 33.3 cm (13.1 in) on a side (center of tubing to center of tubing).

Bottom 3 m Section

The bottom section is constructed from 3.175 cm (1.25 in) OD aluminum tubing. Its width is 43.2 cm (17 in) on a side (center of tubing to center of tubing).

Mounting Base, Grounding Kit, and Guying Kit
This tower requires a mounting base and grounding kit. Campbell Scientific also recommends guying the UT30 with our UTGUY Guy Kit. See Ordering Info on the web page for more information.

Benefits

  • Sturdy, long-term instrument mount
  • Corrosion-resistant

Specifications

Material
Hardened drawn 6063-T832 aluminum
Guyed Tower Area Requirements
~5 m

(17 ft) radius

Required Concrete Pad Dimensions
91 x 91 x 122 cm

(36 x 36 x 48 in.) for B18 Concrete Mounting Base

Concrete pad requirements assume heavy soil; light, shifting, or sandy soils require a larger concrete pad.

Extendable Mast
1.5 m (5 ft) length
3.175 cm (1.25 in.) outer diameter

(swagged to 2.5 cm [1 in.] outer diameter)

Pipe Outer Diameter
2.5 cm

(1.0 in.) for vertical tubing of upper sections

3.18 cm

(1.25 in.) for vertical tubing of lower section

0.953 cm

(0.375 in.) for cross supports/webbing

Crossarm Measurement Height
10 m

(33 ft)

Height
10.1 m

(33 ft)

Shipping Dimensions
310 x 46 x 46 cm

(122 x 18 x 18 in.)

Shipping Weight
29 kg

(65 lb)

Maximum Wind Load Recommendation

B18 Base (unguyed)
177 km/h

(110 mph)

RFM18 Base (with UTGUY)
177 km/h

(110 mph)

UTBASE (unguyed)
177 km/h

(110 mph)

-NOTE-
Wind load endurance is affected by quality of anchoring and installation; guy wire tension; soil type; guy angle; and number, type, and location of instruments fastened to the tower.



Wind load recommendation assumes proper installation, proper anchoring, adequate soil, and total instrument projected area of less than 0.19 m2 (2 ft2) at the height of the tower.

For the RFM18 base, the wind load recommendation also assumes that the UTGUY’s turnbuckles are preloaded just enough to equalize tension and that the tower is guyed at a 60 degree angle relative to the ground (maximum).

Common Accessories

(7)

Compatibility

Enclosure Brackets

The “-TM” mount option for our environmental enclosures is used to attach our enclosures to a UT30 tower. An enclosure ordered with the “-TM” option will be shipped with a three-piece bracket mounted to the top of the enclosure and an identical three-piece bracket mounted to the bottom of the enclosure. This mounting bracket option uses the same three-piece brackets as the "-MM" option, except the pieces are rearranged so that the flanges are on the side of the bracket instead of in the middle. The distance between the centers of each flange needs to be 17”.

Note:
Enclosures with the "-TM" option are shipped configured for the UT10 tower. UT30 customers will need to: (1) remove the bolts attaching the bracket to the enclosure, (2) slide out the flange sections so that the distance between the center of each flange is 17", and (3) reattach the bracket to the enclosure using the original bolts.

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