Can you still buy a new Rohn 45 Fold Over Tower Model FK4564? How much or from where? I have a 64 foot one now and would like to buy another one this year, but heard Rohn was not making them and woul
I live on a hilltop location which has many benefits, but weather is not one of them! In North Texas, I believe that self supporting towers will eventually fail and only those with very broad bases a
I certainly hope they do produce very high quality towers, but ISO 9001 certification does not ensure high quality, only consistent quality. The reputation in the Amateur Radio community will be a mu
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_002A_01BCF549.203B34A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am installing a 60 fo
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0024_01BCF5E9.D3E64580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am installing a 60 fo
Got my tower up with antennas and feedlines. Read the Polyphaser Book. Good grounding on tower with ground rods (10), rebar cage grounding, and 500 ft of #6 copper radials. I have a single point grou
I sure hope the digest is an option. I do not want one large message a day. I want 20 little ones. I personally dislike digests as they bury messages where you have to find them and then cannot respo
I just put up my Rohn 45 Foldover tower (64 feet) with 4 guys at 30 feet and 4 guys at 58 feet. The guy radius is a very small 25 feet. The top guys are at a 60 degree angle from horizontal, but are
I completed the erection of my 64 ft Rohn 45 Foldover tower today. I = stacked all except the top section and then removed the two 3/8 bolts = bolting the hinge section together. =20 I remembered the
Since there seems to be a lot of interest in tower design tradeoffs, I = would be willing to email my EXCEL file to anyone who is interested. = The spreadsheet is small (20K in size). I have used it
-- Jonathan, There can be as many guying configurations as you can think of. The = most used and cheapest is three guy anchors. The strongest resultant = force vector is in line with one of the ancho
Paul,=20 I just finished installing my 64 foot Rohn 45 Foldover Tower and got my = 2 element quad setting at 66.5 feet one hour after the ARRL cw contest = was over! Poor Timing. If you have EXCEL v
George, Welcome to Texas. If you live in the unincorporated area of Texas, = there is no such thing as a permit for anything except a well, septic = system, or carrying a concealed weapon! Your house
I have just got my Rohn 45 64 foot Foldover tower up with a 2 el 5 band quad on top. They tower is guyed with eight guys. Four are at 30 foot and four are at the 58 foot point and the guy radius is a
Insurance Companies solved this problem easily in Texas. Antennas and = towers are not covered period. You have to have a separate rider to = cover them if they will write it at all. My TV antenna wa
I bought and read the polyphaser book. I am installing a 64 foot Rohn = 45 Foldover tower. =20 Tomorrow I will weld the rebar cage for the Rohn 45 Tower section base = and weld 6 12 inch pieces to th
Thanks for the response to my request on wire size for grounding and = rebar welding and grounding. If anyone still has any input on this = previous message, looks like I am going to be delayed a few
The following chemicals, listed in order of preferred use, are=20 recommended for good results and less corrosion on the grounding system: Since Epsom salts are inexpensive, is there any advantage to
Jack, Please forward anything you get on this subject to me as I am = erecting my Rohn 45 64 foot foldover tower in a week or two.=20 My tower is laying on the ground beside the house waiting on me t
Thanks for all the information on my tower installation. I poured all = the concrete yesterday, and it will be ready to stack by the weekend. = It is a 64 ft Rohn 45 Foldover tower. The 2 El Lightnin