I'm impressed the Amerite's been up since '62. It was more similar to Rohn
model 6 than model 25 (the Rohn 6G used only tubular horizontal braces and
not the stronger, more torque-resistant Z-rod bracing of the 25G) and was
painted, not galvanized, so most of them rusted away by now....
I owned a few of the Amerites back in the early 70's, and don't believe the
legs/mounting are compatible with Rohn 25.
WB2WIK/6
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: w5kft@nts-online.net [SMTP:w5kft@nts-online.net]
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 10:00 PM
> To: Towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] Amerite vs. Rohn
>
>
> Years ago a company called American Tower made a brand of
> tower called AMERITE. They had a model similar to Rohn 25 with
> only the horizontal brace, it didn't have the "Z" brace. I think it was
> called AMERITE 11, There was also a larger model, similar to
> Rohn 45. This company was located in Ohio or Indiana and was
> later purchased by Rohn.
>
> I have a friend that has one of the old Amerite 11 towers that
> has been up 60 feet since 1962. He wants to take it down and
> replace it with a new Rohn 25 tower. Question is, does anyone
> know if the new Rohn 25 will stack on the Amerite 11 base section
> that is mounted in concrete. He would like to stack the Rohn 25
> using the orginal concrete base and not have to install a new tower
> concrete base just for the Rohn.
>
> Bryan W5KFT
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