Thanks, everyone, for all the excellent responses on guying tiltovers....now,
all that's left to do is making a decision!
Bob/WF3H
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>
> See this web page for mechanical details of the 'falling derrick' method of
> tower raising:
>
> http://www.n6rk.com/falling_derrick_gme/falling_derrick_gme.html
>
> The site contains a number of excellent photos that illustrate many of the
> 'finer details' of this project.
>
> 73, Larry - W1GOR
>
>
> >> ----Original Message Follows----
> >> From: wf3h@comcast.net
> >> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> >> Subject: [TowerTalk] Guying a tiltover tower
> >> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:34:10 +0000
> >>
> >> I'm looking at erecting 70' of Rohn 25 with a Pro 67B at the top. This
> > will
> >> have no thrust bearing, and the antenna will be <1 foot above the tower.
> >>
> >> I'd like to put up a tiltover, tilting from the base, rather than a
> >> foldover. Towers I've seen that are tiltovers are usually guyed
> > differently
> >> than non-tiltovers. Any suggestions or references about guying?
> >>
> >> How about mechanisms for tilting? Anybody have good ideas on how to
> > actually
> >> tilt the tower?
> >>
> >> Thanks all
>
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> Weather
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