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Re: [TowerTalk] tower installation HG52SS

To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower installation HG52SS
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:34:54 -0800
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KEVIN ADAM wrote:
> i have A hg54hd that says it needs to be 6' deep 36" dia hole if you got rock 
> i would stop here and just do what others have done bore several holes and 
> epoxy anchors in the rock then pour your cement in the hole be there long 
> after your gone.
> 
> N9IWW


Of course, you'd want to make sure you have enough anchors in the rock, 
and that the rock is solid enough, and the anchor solid enough, that it 
doesn't pull out with the leverage of the tower.  Think of it like using 
a wrecking bar/cat-claw to pull nails.
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