In a message dated 9/1/02 10:28:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
blkcat28@atlantic.net writes:
> A good friend of several of the list subscribers had a Rohn 25, 50 feet,
> base plate on cement pad, wall bracket at 8 feet, and had a TH7DXX, some
> HD rotor, cross tree with 2m and 440 ringos, and a 2m GP above the TH7.
> It was guyed, but not properly, and at one level only. One guy snapped
> when he was out of town and the whole mess stayed up but at an angle.
> We sometimes get high winds here in Florida. Hi ;) I went over and
> winched it back into place and put a temporary guy on it until he got
> home. He never replaced the guy. ( about 10 years) The tower was
> dismantled this year after being up for 20+ years.
>
> The moral of this story is: do it right and you can be sure not to have
> problems.
I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately there is WAY too much tower between
the housebracket and the guys - 42 feet. The Rohn specs call for 32-34 feet
spacing.
Why do I suspect that the guys were NOT 3/16" EHS like the specs call
for? Just a wild guess on my part.
> But Rohn makes a GREAT product that will take a lot of abuse.
They do well for amateur installations in spite of the many short-cuts
and back-of-the-envelope engineering hams are well known for.
> If you go up 30 or 35 feet, It won't matter. I don't have the Rohn
> book here but I believe the 25 can go as high as 50 feet free standing.
> Someone check that.
I did - it's wrong. I just posted more specific information on "Tower
Buidling (sic) 201".
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
Professional tower services for commercial and amateurs
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