Gang, For your enjoyment, here are some action shots of our new W8UM roof-top tower installation from 7/30/07. It is a 40 ft Rohn 55G tower on top of the 60 ft tall Electrical Engineering and Compute
How come the extra weight of 55G when 45G or even 25G would suffice for that small load. Ive been involved in several roof top installs at commercial/industrial sites and roof loading weight was alwa
Carl and TT: The dead load of the tower section for the 40' is a minor factor in this case. The max vertical load comes from the vertical guy force vectors not the weight of the tower in this case. 4
Hi Carl, In a nutshell, we went with 55G for extra tower capacity and a safety factor. With the icing and wind conditions we had to meet with our proposed antennas at this height above grade, 55G had
Thanks for the details Chris. That roof must be a bit better constructed than some of the industrial buildings Ive installed on. I left the calculations to the building owners consultants but structu
Hey, you're not supposed to be able to afford KC1XX if you are struggling college students! Climbing towers is part of your education, no? So is climbing all over the old EE building, climbing the ol
Looks like youse guys will be able to conduct some right powerful and lengthy rag chewz !! 73 N4FX -- Original Message -- From: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com> To: "Christopher J Galbraith" <cgalbra
A thing of beauty! Congrats. What is the make of the weather instrument cluster? Thanks. 73, Keith NM5G --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contestin