I just got word back that Rohn is changing hands and their current delivery schedule is worrysome. Can someone help me find a suitable tower? I was planning on Rohn 45, 90' on a 5' base buried in con
Charles, I'm obviously jaded, but my suggestion is neither. I'd go with an AlfaSpid worm gear rotator. Same price, more torque, no brakes to break, computer controllable, electronic presets. I have o
The make a mounting plate with standard drillings which is a heavy duty flat plate with a cylindrical piece weled to it onto which one attaches the Spid. Phil KB9CRY _________________________________
Go to the Rohn website at rohnnet.com Fire up the Online Catalog Scroll down to the Hardware, Acc., Gen'l Info part Click on Next page to the Allowable Antenna Areas you'll find your info there. Phil
Call Hill Radio; they're a Rohn dealer and have lots of experience and good prices. Phil KB9CRY http://hillradio.net/ _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com fo
Also Texas Towers is a Rohn dealer and are excellent also. Phil KB9CRY _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather S
I wear (sometimes!) a climbing helmet. It has no brim, has ventilation holes, has a chin strap assembly to keep it on and is rated for impacts. Looks similar to hats that bike riders wear but is rate
In my non structurally educated opinion, yes this would greatly impact the integrity of the tower. And if I may be so bold, what type of load are you going to put on top of a self supporting tower ac
If I may add my two cents. I used all Big Grips on my recent tower, on both the Polygon FRP and EHS parts of the guys. They are really sweet (to use a popular term). They're real easy to install and
Another method is to rent a concrete buggy or sometimes called a Georgia buggy. It's a motorized, self propelled cart with a dumpable section that holds about 1/2 yard. For the money and the savings
Bill Austin wrote: I'm putting up a new 60ft self-supporting Trylon. Nice tower, I've got a 72 ft. Trylon and love it. I'm wondering how much and what type of grounding needs to be done. Any advice a
No, actually the straps did the job of bonding between the car's body/frame and the ground and really did work until the tire manufacturers learned to add conductive agents to tire rubber to make the
Be careful with painting the FRP. While it will stop the UV degradation, and it would be advisable to protect them even if they are UV resistant, some paints are conductive. The better solution would
Well, here's my two cents, again. I'm no expert but an avid learner and researcher. Here's an article by Polyphaser titled, "What is Lightning?" http://www.polyphaser.com/ppc_PEN1020.asp (And that's
Joslyn Manufacturing also makes earth anchors for utility poles. Personally, these are made for utility poles which are a different animal than tall towers but to each their own. check out their webs
You know what guys, I think this thread is really going nowhere. One could postulate that if you're setting up a charge bleed path from the cloud to the earth via your tower then wouldn't the lightni
I've got to drop my KT34XA to upgrade the element to boom adapters (one of the original KLM version has become loose and will be upgraded with the DX Engr. type) and while it's down I want to perform
From my experience managing a painting project at the plant, the outdoor chemical pipelines were coated with an epoxy but since that's not UV resistant, the contractor top coated with polyurethane wh
Personally I've used 4 inch black corrugated drainage pipe (perforated) with good success. It's very flexible and allows one to make long radius sweep elbows and I've never had a problem pulling new
"Got home and started digging in. Well, I think that this was written for only commercial users. " The following is only my opinion and can be taken for whatever you wish. Also, the following, in my