Mark you have an 86' Rohn 45G tower with two sets of guy wires, the bottom
one is at 39 feet. In this case I would also not feel comfortable being up
there with 47 feet of unguyed tower, even without the tram line.
John KK9A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Robinson" <markrob@mindspring.com>
To: <john@kk9a.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 03:57
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn 45AG4 guy tabs?
I don't want to up there with a tram line dropping guys from the tower.
Mark N1UK
----- Original Message -----
From: <john@kk9a.com>
To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, 17 August, 2013 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn 45AG4 guy tabs?
> It's not a problem at all if you just drop two of the top guys when
> installing the antenna.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> To:"Mark Robinson" <markrob@mindspring.com>, "Jay Kesterson"
> <k0gu@verinet.com>
> Subject:Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn 45AG4 guy tabs?
> From:"Jim W7RY" <w7ry@centurytel.net>
> Reply-to:Jim W7RY <w7ry@centurytel.net>
> Date:Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:11:20 -0700
>
> I agree. Having the guys on the top plate is a real pain. My first Rohn 25
> was like that. It was very frustrating installing a beam with a tram
> system.
> Install a guy ring 4-5 feet down the tower.
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Robinson
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 1:59 PM
> To: Jay Kesterson
> Cc: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn 45AG4 guy tabs?
>
> Yes I believe that they can be used to secure the guys. I chose not to do
> this since it is already cluttered up there and having the guys attached
> to
> the top plate makes working on the antennas more difficult.
>
> The angled down guy anchor points on the top plate made a good point to
> secure the coax loop though.
>
> I mounted my top guys several feet below the top plate.
>
> 73 Mark N1UK
>
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