I have two RG25 towers unguyed. One 15'above the roof. One 25'above the
roof. 900'from the Ocean here
in Daytona. Went thru three hurricanes 4 years ago and didn't miss a lick.
They are still there.
I wouldn't go any further than that though. Been in the telecom business for
some time. I know what I can
get away with.
n4zkf
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Morris
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:41 AM
To: AD5VJ Bob
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN 25G
So the tower is up without guys. Hope it is tower height + 1 foot from the
house.
Look up "gin pole". Might work better than a J pole, as in J pole antenna.
AD5VJ Bob wrote:
> It has been a long time coming, but I finally have my tower up -
> concrete, rotor and all. I had some trouble with the rotor but that is
> all taken care of now and is working perfectly and is mounted to the
> tower crying out for the mast Hi Hi. (maybe thats me I hear
> crying)
>
> The assembly is only awaiting the final installation of the:
> guy wires, mast and antenna and it is complete.
>
> The delay on the guy wires:
>
> I have a torque bracket, all the turn buckles, eyes and clamps, ect -
> but no way to dig into the rocky ground out here in order to place the
> T bar to tie the guys to. My neighbor put in fence posts for a cyclone
fence he installed about a month ago and it took him almost three hours for
each pole to dig the holes using a screw like attachment (auger??) on his
tractor.
>
> The delay on the three element tribander antenna (Hornet TB-500) is:
> no J-Pole or knowledge on how to hook up to it when I do get one.
> where do you attach the rope from the JPole to the antenna so after
mounting it inside the tower you can get the rope back.
>
> I have been staring at the tower trying to figure out if I had a
> J-Pole - how I am going to climb 30 feet in the air, hang onto the
> side of the tower with my climbing belt, and balance myself at the tip
top of the tower to grab and stab the mast using both hands into the hole at
the top and thru the hole, even if I did have a J pole to get it up there
with.
>
> I think I could make a long enough pole to attach to the side of the
> tower to make a jury rig J-Pole using an eye hook and a small pulley I
have on hand.
>
> Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.
>
>
>
> 73 fer nw es gud DX,
> QSL VIA: LotW, BUR, e-QSL
> Bob AD5VJ
> http://www.ad5vj.com/
> Old Calls WB5ZQU, WY5L/KH3, KE5CTY, N5IET
>
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