I'm looking for some serious ideas and suggestions before I go to Dudley
Tower Service for a price quote.
The tower is very similar to Rohn 65, 20' sections and a 24" face.
Triangle mounting plates with 3 bolts per leg. The legs are 2" and about
.125" wall. Tower was part of a 3 bay 200' bcast array. No rust
anywhere.
I have straight sections and the original base section which tapers and
terminates in a single point...forgot what the proper name is.
The idea is to put up 120 or 140' with a much modified and strengthened
KLM 3 el 80M yagi.
Questions are:
What is the preferred base mounting and amount of concrete? Only 18-20"
or so will be below grade and sitting on solid rock.
Can I get away with only 2 levels ( 50 and 100' ) of 5/16 EHS for guys
which will be out a full 75-80%?
I plan to use a mid size prop pitch for the rotator ( worked fine for the
original owner for 8 years) . What read out options are available these
days? I sure dont want to regress to 1940's selsyns if I can avoid it. I
plan to mount the rotator at the same level as the top set of guys which
may be 20' below the antenna. The mast will be 3" x .25" SS.
Why am I even doing this...must be getting senile!
Tnx Carl KM1H
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