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Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Bolts & Nuts

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Bolts & Nuts
From: Robin Midgett <K4IDC@Comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:52:57 -0600
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Grade 5, galvanized, fine thread

At 10:19 AM 1/26/2006, you wrote:
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>    1. Re: ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS (K6XN)
>    2. Re: ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS (A.J. Farmer (AJ3U))
>    3. what winch to use for a 40 ft tower (Carrington, Walter)
>    4. Re: Gotham Antennas (Van K7VS)
>    5. Re: Gotham Antennas (Van K7VS)
>    6. Re: ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS (Hector Garcia XE2K)
>    7. Re: Vertical Antennas (kb0fhp@comcast.net)
>    8. Re: 5 element 80M beam (George P.)
>    9. Re: ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS (DMartin560@aol.com)
>   10. Masting (joe sloss)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:44:46 -0800
>From: "K6XN" <k6xn@comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS
>To: "'TowerTalk Reflector'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <20060126014824.F104F319259@dayton.akorn.net>
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>Team
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>Does anyone know what the sizes, strength and types of nuts and bolts (and
>lock washers???) are needed/recommended to *properly* assemble sections of
>Rohn 25 together? Is there also an amateur radio supplier/source for these
>or do we need to look to Home Depot and hardware stores???
>
>Thanks, Ted, K6XN
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:57:34 -0500
>From: "A.J. Farmer (AJ3U)" <farmer.aj@gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN 25 NUTS & BOLTS
>To: K6XN <k6xn@comcast.net>
>Cc: TowerTalk Reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
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>Go to eBay and search for "ROHN Tower Parts".  There is a guy on there
>selling supposedly "original" bolt/nut sets that you are looking for.
>He's been selling them for a while so he probably has a bunch if you
>e-mail him.  He has them for 25G,45G, and 55G towers.
>
>Tessco also sells the genuine bolt sets (go to tessco.com), but their
>shipping is high and they have a $7.50 surcharge on orders less than
>$100...
>
>If you do choose to go the Home Depot route, get galvanized bolts, not
>stainless.  This may start a war because some stay stainless are
>better, but the original Rohn bolts are galvanized so why stray from
>what the manufacturer used?
>
>Good luck!
>
>--
>A.J. Farmer, AJ3U
>http://www.aj3u.com
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>
>End of TowerTalk Digest, Vol 37, Issue 74
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