>In a message dated 98-03-24 11:27:12 EST, CQK8DO@aol.com writes:
>
><< Rohn 25 is good for more than vhf/uhf.... Follow the mfg's installation
> guidelines, guy it properly, and if you are swinging big beams use a bridle
>on
> the top set of guys... My 150 footer has a 4 el 40 meter on top, and an
> assortment of other stuff down the tower... It has been through a recorded 76
> mph gust(s) without problems >>
>
>First, you did not follow the mfg's installation guidelines if you put a 4
>element 40 on top of 150' of Rohn 25. Second, getting back to my analogy of
>driving the family auto at 120MPH, you may get away with it, but for how long?
>We've all pushed Rohn tower way beyond what it was supposed to hold. Some are
>lucky, some wind up with a pile of rubble. Let's not suggest that those new to
>tower erections begin their careers "getting away with" anything. They might
>not be as lucky as you.
>
>Tom, K5RC/7
>aka K7GJ
Boy, I have to second this post. I was particularily distrubed by the
recent post I read suggesting you will be OK as long as your homeowner's
insurance is paid up! An ignorant insurance company who will insure an
unsafe system is no substitute for doing things safely. Such suggestions
are simply irresponsible advice and should be totally ignored. You should
install every system with the care you would take if you stood under it
yourself all the time. I really hate it when some poorly designed system
falls down and the owner collects big time. I have thought many times about
contacting insurance companies and suggest they hire me to look over tower
systems before they insure them. A lot of them would end up uninsured . . .
Stan w7ni@teleport.com
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