Just ask K1AR about that some time! He had to get Rohn to build him a
shortie "reversal section" .
Carl
KM1H
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From: <DMartin560@aol.com>
To: <kc5qbc@swbell.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower design question
>
> Rohn products aren't designed that way.
> As you stack the sections the upper one goes over the lower one.
> If you aren't doing it that way you are installing them upside down.
> Just wait till the project calls for a top section or flat plate. You get
> to
> the top and it won't fit.
>
> KG4ADM, Dwayne
>
>
>
> Something has been bothering me for a while. With all the discussion and
> problems with tower leg corrosion, filling with water and splitting, etc.
> Why do
> almost ALL the manufacturers design the joints to telescope inside from
> above
> which leaves water able to run inside joints and fill tubes? Why not
> simply
> invert the connection by telescoping over the bottom section so water just
> runs
> outside not through the joint. I know there is no difference in joint
> strength
> or assembly difficulty, so why?
>
>
>
>
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