I characterized the ones I bought from a well known commercial supplier for my SteppiR and M2 Orion (33V) and built some units to beef up my system for a second discharge point at service entrance, t
A friend built one for my project after I became convinced the one you looked at are unsafe. I even looked at the Rohn 45 gin pole someone had modified to clamp clamp on the larger diameter tube. I d
Re: Help for a New Tower (Wayne Willenberg) Agree with comment about getting a PE to do the design. I had a PE do mine and we are in an 85MPH county and I had to use guys for 3el Steppir at 45" ( no
RE: Question about Andrew Hardline and Connectors <Yes it is a little confusing when you wade into it for first time. BTW - Your coax LDF5-50a is referred to as 7/8" not 3/4" First question, what is
In my case, Rohn 55, the structural engineer started with Rohn data sheet, applied current wind control calculations for this county, based on the surveyed anchor and foundation points, to calculate
This article on Ham Radio Station Protection from Polyphaser answers your question. http://www.protectiongroup.com/ProtectionTechnologyGroup/media/PTG/WhitePape rsandTechnicalNotes/1485-013.pdf It is
Message: 8 Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:53:15 -0600 From: Richard Thorne <rthorne@rthorne.net> To: Towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com> Subject: [TowerTalk] Antenna Loads on Rohn Tower (45g in this case
The 1ft by 6ft cylindrical pier you suggest will weigh only 627 lbs. Imagine the wind blowing perpendicular the tilt up hinge piers. Now the only thing resisting your tower from tipping over that 627
I don't have one, but for half the price, you can modify a 55G beacon plate. I did this and it is working fine. Bore a hole in center, and drill holes for the bearing bolts. This plate came with my t
Rich, I don't think the Rotor plate is workable. The is a large opening in the bottom of it, so bearing mount is not guaranteed and centering any enlargement of that hole I more difficult. . As I rec
Thanks for spurring me into action Dave n4zkf and Chris. I usually climb with the two so called gorilla hooks, and been wanting to put a safer climber on the 3/8" cable that came with the tower. So a
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