Hey folks, Anyone had any VERY recent experience with the 'new Rohn' and their ability to produce product? I have a customer who wanted a 100' self supporting tower for 2 - 2.4Ghz reflectors. During
I'd guess about 12 feet :) The 25 isn't designed to be free standing, though I've seen them up to 30 or so with no real trouble if the base is good. You should be guying it, or using a couple inverte
I would consider that an almost permanent solution, not something temporary I guess. That is about what I do for a permanent install except there is a coat or two of Scotchcote in there. One thing th
We use a variety of cameras in our installations. One good source is SuperCircuits, they have a large variety of cams, lenses, radios, etc. Good folks, very affordable product. That being said, on ou
You can get that EIA flange fitting for 1 5/8" heliax probably from Tessco, certainly from Andrew I imagine. You probably will end up getting an adapter from that flange to an "N" connector. You'll n
We use this on galvanized conduit where we had to cut threads, and on lots of other outdoor stuff on the coast. It is better than nothing, but seems to last less than a year before rust sets in. You
First, that wasn't the question. 5000# concrete generally reaches a strength of about 3000# or more than half its desired strength in 7 days. We normally wait at least a week for a self supporting b
Thanks Jim, happy to oblige. I did share my 'wealth of knowledge' or a small part of it anyway, which was promptly backed up by others, so what else can I do for you? Thanks for asking Jim, here is
1. Radian now owns the old Rohn company, so essentially, whatever comes out of the plant now should be exactly the same as Rohn was. 2. I personally don't consider the Rohn design to be 'top of the l
I'm sure you'll get lots of comments on this, and I'm no structural engineer, but here goes. First, the rigid conduit is basically the same as water pipe, it is malleable steel, i.e. it is soft. Seco
I just purchased two Rohn(Radian) bolt kits from TESSCO: Radian R-25JBK 3 - 1/4 by 1 1/2" NF zinc plated Grade 5 bolts with nuts 3 - 5/16 by 1 1/2" NF zinc plated bolts Grade 5 with nuts I've used s
I'm curious what other folks are doing for the Rohn-Loc system. I am used to working on Microflect/Valmont towers which use a similar system, however the safety cable is continuous and I have the app
Yup, it does pretty good. However, I would recommend using the adhesive lined heat shrink tubing included with the LMR600 fitting and installing it per the manufacturer's recommendation (i.e. use the
The money goes back to the people that own the insurance company, no great surprise there, sometimes there are stockholders who actually like to see return on their investment. The financial end of
I believe the older catalog did not show guy wires or specific guying at all until 40 feet. While you could order, buy and install a 30 foot tower, there were not any engineered solutions for guy wir
Well, come on, a little reasoning should be exercised here. Here at the beach in Oregon, that would leave about 3 days a year to get antenna work done. Yes caution is important, and yes some ability
My guess would be a faulty rig or power supply, and/or bad grounding. My hunch is you have a problem with the AC power supply or the AC power in your house could be at fault. Sounds like a challenge
Hmm, that sounds a little smug. As one in the field, when you spend 8-10 hours a day putting the same wires on the same screws and/or you have an apprentice who you are teaching helping you, it is c
Uh..I'd be interesting in hearing what is being 'violated' by using a stranded ground wire (having put in miles of it at many sites according to the applicable codes). Also, exothermic is great. How
While there are specific bonding requirements in the NEC, the NEC is part of the National Fire Code, and as such may or may not be adopted by individual states or municipalities. There are other bui