At 07:55 PM 3/12/2006 -0600, WW5L wrote:
I was not quite as lucky. Here in rural Iowa, the winds constantly twisted
my HDBX-48 with my KT34XA atop. I replaced the two top sections because of
rivet failure and moved the rotor WAY down in the tower where it was alot
wider. I ran 2" pipe all the way out the top of the tower.
During a severe thunder storm 8 years ago, you can see the results of
mounting a KT34XA atop a Rohn HDBX-48 tower at:
http://www.dxham.net/images/tower1.jpg
http://www.dxham.net/images/tower2.jpg
Not a pretty sight :( I replaced everything with a guyed 100ft Rohn 45G
tower and have slept alot better ever since. DO WHAT THE MANUFACTURER SAYS!!!!
Chuck KØTVD
>A friend of mine up the road about 2 miles has a KT34XA on an HDBX 56
>for several years with no problems.
>Tom, WW5L
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