Bill,, When you came and picked up some tower here years ago, Do you remember seeing my poles made of 2" X 2" aluminum stock with angle steel attached as hooks that fit the angles of 25, 45, 55, and
I have been flooded with requests for photos of my gin pole that fits Rohn 25G, 45G, and 55G....Give me a few days and I will post them here.......73, Dan N4GNR ______________________________________
Most likely you have a DB 224...a 4 bay dipole on a 20 ft mast. With all the elements pointing one way, thats an eleptical pattern, which will give you a major lobe in that direction. With the elemen
Steve,, If your anchors are where the Rohn equalizer plates will bolt up evenly and the turnbuckles fit snugly in between the plates....Use the Rohn equalizer plates....If not, they can be easily mad
Hey Joe,, this tower was made exclusively for Motorola in the 60's and is called Rohn HW.... Probally the only place you will find sections will be at a large hamfest. You may get lucky and find some
OBSERVATION--I watched the program also. I have been doing commercial tower work for 29 years. I do NO cell phone tower work. There is a HUGE difference from cell work, and from all other tower work.
Takes forever ??? I can not understand that...,, as long as there is not rust in the joints, you should be able to get it down in less than an hour by gin pole. If you don't mind paying a little,, a
Mike,, I have been doing tower work for almost 30 yrs. First of all, those Rohn gin poles are a joke to me...They take too long just to move the pole from one section to another.(clamps) I made my ow
I am getting a lot of requests for pictures of my gin pole.....I can do that tomorrow p.m. ...I really think you all will like it a lot...It is so simple,, and it fits Rohn 25,45 and 55 all with no a
Update on my gin pole.... I have made the pictures,, and currently making a link you guys can see the pictures of the pole on a tower in operating position. Also, a close up of the pulley atop the gi
O.K. guys...here it is.......the link is http://photobucket.com/n4gnr Now here is a breakdown of the pictures...One is the pulley I use-hanging from a dogwood limb. This pulley has no slop in it for
I am told the link is not working for some on the gin pole pictures... One person got it with this link http://s1279photobucket.com/albums/y537/n4gnr/ Sorry for any problem..It worked fine here on TT
Lets try it again....my call sign must be in CAPS http://s1279photobucket.com/albums/y537/N4GNR/ Sorry..I am not too good at this...Dan -- Original Message -- From: "Mike Lyon" <mike.lyon@gmail.com>
FINAL TIME... http://s1279.photobucket.com/albums/y537/N4GNR/ on previous 2 posts should have been 1279dotphotobucket...did not see the dot DC--GNR -- Original Message -- From: "Dan Cisson" <n4gnr@wi
You can make a side mount without a problem,,, You said fixed, so I assume you are not rotating this antenna....But be very careful,, when you get antennas and mounts away from the center of the towe
Steve,, boy thats a loaded question....The last antenna I built was 72 ft 6 el yagi for 20 meters...It was made of 12" aluminum tower-all that I had,,there was about 40 ft of al. tower and I ran 2" a
Steve,, I misunderstood what you asked...I thought you meant boom material... But for boom truss...--Phillystrand-Period!! Dan...GNR -- Original Message -- From: "steve jobes" <w1dxh@aol.com> To: <to
Two things you can do...look down all three legs of the 2 sections you are trying to mate up.. there may be one leg bent slightly from a drop..This is a common problem...you can bend it back carefull
Yes it can !! BUT, from a practical point of view, you better have one heck of a gin pole over 20 ft long, for the sections are 20 ft....Its much easier to get a bucket truck to bring it down in peic
I have just installed a M2 2800 rotor at 150 ft...I have about a 185 ft run to the shack.... I really am having a tough time convincing myself to give almost 1.00 a ft for what M2 recommends... The W