Hi all, I'm looking to erect a temporary tower for CQ WW SSB. I have 40ft of Rohn 25G and an A3S that I'd like to put up. I've seen a number of ways to do it but I'd like to hear from those who have
I don't think "Easiest" and "Safest" go together here. Easiest would be standing up the first 30 feet just on the ground with rope guys good and tight, then add the top section. Better, would be if t
I put an A3 on a 30' temporary tower in Aruba a few times but I would not say that I used the safest method. I would look at the WRTC falling derrick hinge base method. It looked pretty safe and easy
The WRTC falling derrick system looks great - does anyone have a source to get that sort of base? Or plans available for fabrication? Thanks, Ken N3WAX -- ____________________ Ken Fritz, NRP, EMT-P P
contact the YCCC guys. you might find one up there for sale. all that stuff was sold after WRTC. 73 charlie, k1xx _______________________________________________ _____________________________________
I have had four types of temporary towers: Use a standard baseplate and add a 3 foot to 6 foot square plate to it. I had my backhoe guy dig a 6 to 8 foot deep hole. Next we used a chain to lift a pre
Several years ago, K7JA gave a very useful talk at Pacificon or Visalia about various ideas for Field Day. One was to use the modular Army surplus 4-ft tubular mast sections with a tripod adapter to
A quick web search came up with the URL: http://www.normsfab.com as the first choice. Is this the place? They are located in Adrian, MI. Looks like pretty good stuff. - Jack, W6FB ___________________
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 02:19:51 -0400
Wish my shop was that neat! <sigh> 73 Roger (K8RI) - Jack, W6FB -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________
I've put up 30' of R25 for about 10 field days with an A4S (or similar) and rotator. I use a welded "H" frame base plate, square tube (eg 3" x 3/16) is best for strength and ease of welding. The cros
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:20:22 +0000 (UTC)
My FD antenna is a homebrew 40' tilt-up/rotatable mast, made with 1-1/4" Schedule 40 pipe. It uses 1-1/2" floor flanges as rotating guy collars at the 20' and 35' levels. The top guyset serves double