I don't have guys on the tower unless I want to go up it..I live in
western montana where the wind blows on occasion. Of course I don't have
alot of weight on top. My beam is 16 lbs, rotor maybe 20, and mast 10
lbs...hope this answers your question....73, Alan
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> 1. Re: ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS (K6XN)
> 2. Re: ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS (A.J. Farmer (AJ3U))
> 3. what winch to use for a 40 ft tower (Carrington, Walter)
> 4. Re: Gotham Antennas (Van K7VS)
> 5. Re: Gotham Antennas (Van K7VS)
> 6. Re: ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS (Hector Garcia XE2K)
> 7. Re: Vertical Antennas (kb0fhp@comcast.net)
> 8. Re: 5 element 80M beam (George P.)
> 9. Re: ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS (DMartin560@aol.com)
> 10. Masting (joe sloss)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:44:46 -0800
>From: "K6XN" <k6xn@comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS
>To: "'TowerTalk Reflector'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <20060126014824.F104F319259@dayton.akorn.net>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
>Team
>
>Does anyone know what the sizes, strength and types of nuts and bolts (and
>lock washers???) are needed/recommended to *properly* assemble sections of
>Rohn 25 together? Is there also an amateur radio supplier/source for these
>or do we need to look to Home Depot and hardware stores???
>
>Thanks, Ted, K6XN
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:57:34 -0500
>From: "A.J. Farmer (AJ3U)" <farmer.aj@gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS
>To: K6XN <k6xn@comcast.net>
>Cc: TowerTalk Reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Message-ID:
> <92022f850601251757j73c8310bhc120ee6976aff769@mail.gmail.com>
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>
>Go to eBay and search for "ROHN Tower Parts". There is a guy on there
>selling supposedly "original" bolt/nut sets that you are looking for.
>He's been selling them for a while so he probably has a bunch if you
>e-mail him. He has them for 25G,45G, and 55G towers.
>
>Tessco also sells the genuine bolt sets (go to tessco.com), but their
>shipping is high and they have a $7.50 surcharge on orders less than
>$100...
>
>If you do choose to go the Home Depot route, get galvanized bolts, not
>stainless. This may start a war because some stay stainless are
>better, but the original Rohn bolts are galvanized so why stray from
>what the manufacturer used?
>
>Good luck!
>
>--
>A.J. Farmer, AJ3U
>http://www.aj3u.com
>
>On 1/25/06, K6XN <k6xn@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Does anyone know what the sizes, strength and types of nuts and bolts (and
>>lock washers???) are needed/recommended to *properly* assemble sections of
>>Rohn 25 together? Is there also an amateur radio supplier/source for these
>>or do we need to look to Home Depot and hardware stores???
>>
>>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 3
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:02:39 -0500
>From: "Carrington, Walter" <Walter.Carrington@umassmed.edu>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] what winch to use for a 40 ft tower
>To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Message-ID:
> <B735CCD4E292B440807A7AA8CB61C6CF028D55EB@edunivmail03.ad.umassmed.edu>
>
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>
>Harbor Freight:
> * Load capacity: 2000 lbs.
> * Cable:3/16'' x25 ft.
> * Gearbox: worm gear
> * Shipping weight: 11.6 lbs.
>ITEM 5798-1VGA $29.99
>
>I have one for the same application but haven't put anything up yet.
>
>Alan said: "I do 40 ft here with a hinge base plate and yes it moves
>a little in a strong wind. If I go up it I tie some ropes as guys to
>support it."
>Do you mean you don't use guys at all, or you add extra guys when you
>climb it?
>--Walter, K1CMF
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 4
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:30:23 -0800
>From: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab@cdsnet.net>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham Antennas
>To: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>, "Towertalk"
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <000801c62220$7619d4a0$6400a8c0@FAMILY2>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
>Well, I owned both the vertical and their two element quad. The vertical
>was a couple of ten, maybe twelve foot sections of aluminum tubing with one
>piece sliding into the other. You mounted with a couple of metal emt c type
>screw in clamps to attach the aluminum tubing to a five foot 2x4 (you
>supplied) that was pounded in the ground and they sent along about 8 inches
>of 10 turns per inch B&W coil stock. One end which was attached to the
>bottom of the aluminum tubing about a foot and a half off the ground. You
>fed it with a piece of coax against a ground rod. Again you supplied and
>pounded into the ground next to the 2x4. Then a a piece of wire with an
>alligator clip attached to the bottom of the coil also, which you used to
>"tune" the antenna depending on what band you wanted to operate on. I
>fondly remember running back and forth from the shack to the antenna trying
>to get coil setting correct to resonate the antenna on twenty meters. I
>tuckered me out!
>
>I was always intrigued by their little ad in QST promising me 100 countries
>in one month! Or whatever the ad suggested I was going to work. HI HI.
>Gave up and bought a tower and put one of their quads, which was simply four
>bamboo spreaders probably shelacked (sp), an eight foot aluminum boom, some
>kind of cockamamey balun and a spool of wire. Worked pretty good until a
>snow storm with wet snow broke the bamboo spreaders the Friday before ARRL
>DX Contest in 1967. I still remember how devestated I was missing the
>contest that year!. Van, K7VS (WA7FAB and XZ0A member in Myanmar)
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 5
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:33:28 -0800
>From: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab@cdsnet.net>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham Antennas
>To: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>, "Towertalk"
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <001101c62220$e45e9720$6400a8c0@FAMILY2>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
>Well, I owned both the vertical and their two element quad. The vertical
>was a couple of ten, maybe twelve foot sections of aluminum tubing with one
>piece sliding into the other. You mounted with a couple of metal emt c type
>screw in clamps to attach the aluminum tubing to a five foot 2x4 (you
>supplied) that was pounded in the ground and they sent along about 8 inches
>of 10 turns per inch B&W coil stock. One end which was attached to the
>bottom of the aluminum tubing about a foot and a half off the ground. You
>fed it with a piece of coax against a ground rod. Again you supplied and
>pounded into the ground next to the 2x4. Then a a piece of wire with an
>alligator clip attached to the bottom of the coil also, which you used to
>"tune" the antenna depending on what band you wanted to operate on. I
>fondly remember running back and forth from the shack to the antenna trying
>to get coil setting correct to resonate the antenna on twenty meters. I
>tuckered me out!
>
>I was always intrigued by their little ad in QST promising me 100 countries
>in one month! Or whatever the ad suggested I was going to work. HI HI.
>Gave up and bought a tower and put one of their quads, which was simply four
>bamboo spreaders probably shelacked (sp), an eight foot aluminum boom, some
>kind of cockamamey balun and a spool of wire. Worked pretty good until a
>snow storm with wet snow broke the bamboo spreaders the Friday before ARRL
>DX Contest in 1967. I still remember how devestated I was missing the
>contest that year!. Van, K7VS (WA7FAB and XZ0A member in Myanmar)
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 6
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:40:20 -0800 (PST)
>From: Hector Garcia XE2K <j_hector_garcia@sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS
>To: K6XN <k6xn@comcast.net>, 'TowerTalk Reflector'
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <20060126024020.98680.qmail@web81110.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
>Ted:
>
>i buy mine from tessco a few months ago, they come in
>a clear tube with a blue lid, i can say are grade 5 ,
>fine thread, 2 sizes 1/4 and 3/16 the ones i get
>Radian original and those come ZINK plated, not hot
>dip galvaniced, the same ones i found in LOWES , same
>quality and appareance,
>
>i pay in tessco like 2.50 dlls each KIT but you must
>place and order over 100 dlls or pay the 7.50 extra,
>if you want to complete the order check the
>weatherproofing kits i found some at good price.
>
>--- K6XN <k6xn@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Team
>>
>>Does anyone know what the sizes, strength and types
>>of nuts and bolts (and
>>lock washers???) are needed/recommended to
>>*properly* assemble sections of
>>Rohn 25 together? Is there also an amateur radio
>>supplier/source for these
>>or do we need to look to Home Depot and hardware
>>stores???
>>
>>Thanks, Ted, K6XN
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>
>
>
>Hector Garcia XE2K / XF1K
>Mexicali B.C DM22fp
>
>http://www.dxxe.org
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 7
>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:00:44 +0000
>From: kb0fhp@comcast.net
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical Antennas
>To: Red <RedHaines@centurytel.net>, Lee Buller <k0wa@swbell.net>,
> TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Message-ID:
>
> <012620060300.15726.43D83B5C0004E3CD00003D6E22007601809F0800CF0D05@comcast.net>
>
>Content-Type: text/plain
>
>Lee:
>
>Take a look at the 80M vertical I built with a capacitance hat...simple, but
>works.
>
>http//home.comcast.net/~kb0fhp
>
>Scott
>
>-------------- Original message --------------
>From: Red <RedHaines@centurytel.net>
>
>
>
>>Hi, Lee;
>>
>>Base loaded verticals work, of course. It may be easier to lower the
>>losses associated with short antennas with top loading, such as the "T"
>>or the inverted L. Top hats work well, too, but the size required may
>>not be so practical on an 80 meter antenna. I recommend that you study
>>Jerry Sevick's articles in QST (July 1971, March 1973, and April 1978)
>>or his book, "The Short Vertical Antenna and Ground Radial," published
>>by CQ Communications. The book also has a chapter on loading coils that
>>examines losses in various models.
>>
>>73 de WOØW
>>
>>
>>
>>Lee Buller wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Back in the days when men were men and ham radio operators were kids, there
>>>
>>>
>>was a company that sold verticles-Gotham.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
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>------------------------------
>
>Message: 8
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:16:49 -0500
>From: "George P." <ab2kc@optonline.net>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 5 element 80M beam
>To: K4SAV <RadioIR@charter.net>, towertalk@contesting.com
>Message-ID: <002a01c6222f$54fe5840$6501a8c0@toshibauser>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
> reply-type=original
>
>Aaso, He a velly stloong az gazirra!!!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "K4SAV" <RadioIR@charter.net>
>To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:57 PM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 5 element 80M beam
>
>
>
>
>>Here are a few more pictures of this thing.
>>
>>In Japanese:
>>http://www.netaro.net/~ja4xgc/75m/monster.htm
>>
>>Same thing in English, but you will have to paste this link back
>>together in your browser.
>>http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.netaro.net/~ja4xgc/75m/monster%2520english.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3D7j4aal%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
>>
>>
>>
>>K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Take a look at this -
>>>_http://www.pannondxc.hu/hamnews/hu/csoda/yagi80m5ele.jpg_
>>>(http://www.pannondxc.hu/hamnews/hu/csoda/yagi80m5ele.jpg) . You gotta
>>>love it.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Steve K7LXC
>>>TOWER TECH
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 9
>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:45:29 EST
>From: DMartin560@aol.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS
>To: j_hector_garcia@sbcglobal.net, k6xn@comcast.net,
> towertalk@contesting.com
>Message-ID: <19b.445b80dc.310a1e69@aol.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
>Just for the record the correct sizes are 1/4" and 5/16" X 1-1/2" long.
>And no lockwashers are used.
>
>Dwayne
>
>
>Ted:
>
>i buy mine from tessco a few months ago, they come in
>a clear tube with a blue lid, i can say are grade 5 ,
>fine thread, 2 sizes 1/4 and 3/16 the ones i get
>Radian original and those come ZINK plated, not hot
>dip galvaniced, the same ones i found in LOWES , same
>quality and appareance,
>
>i pay in tessco like 2.50 dlls each KIT but you must
>place and order over 100 dlls or pay the 7.50 extra,
>if you want to complete the order check the
>weatherproofing kits i found some at good price.
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 10
>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:19:15 -0800
>From: "joe sloss" <k7mks@comcast.net>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Masting
>To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <000e01c62294$40ecc200$e8851018@JLSLOSS>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>The ends of a friends G5RV need to economically be raised from 15' above
>ground to the 30-40 foot range. Some sort of masting will be needed as he has
>no trees to use as supports. Any ideas? Thanks.
>
>Joe k7mks
>
>
>
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