I second that! AN Wireless or Trylon both make towers that will fit the
bill. I have a 70ft An and a 56ft Trylon. No guy wires are great!
You can't put much on a stick of 45g at 40ft self supporting. Drive around
the countryside and you can see many 40ft sticks of 25g or similar at farm
houses. Many are leaning terribly and they hold only a tiny tv antenna.
On 11/13/07 4:49 PM, "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> For some reason this subject comes up all the time on towertalk. I fully
> agree with K5UJ, if you do not wish to use guy wires, buy a free standing
> tower, they are designed with a larger base to properly accept the loads.
>
> John KK9A
>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn 25G Tower
> From: "Rob Atkinson"
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:25:23 -0600
> List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
>
> Look, if you want to put up a 40 foot unguyed tower, why don't you go
> out and get a 40 foot free standing tower, a tower that's _designed_
> to be unguyed, and be done with it? They make towers that are built
> to be unguyed! duh. This debate about whether or not 40 feet of 25G
> can be guyed shouold not even be happening. I apologize for my
> earlier message that somehow got sent prematurely.
>
> 73,
>
> rob / k5uj
>
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