I would be very interested in how to tell which 45 tilt overs had
problems, as I have an old one that I acquired from a SK's estate. What
was the failure mode? Is there any way to tell from the strongback if
it one that was fixed or not?
Erich
N6FD
John Becker wrote:
>> Fold Overs are kinda neat
>> because I don't mind climbing to assemble it but would need some help on the
>> ground but only once.They kinda scare me because of the danger of the
>> leverage of them but if you know what your doing and don't violate what the
>> maker says you should be OK.Not sure of the cost or if they are available
>> new anymore.
>>
>
> I have a 68' Rohn 25 foldover which I've had up since 1970. The first
> antenna was a TH6DXX which was replaced by a KT34XA in 1981 and has been
> up ever since. I've had no problems with the tower and it has survived
> some major storms including one which snapped off an 18" diameter pine
> tree about 15' off the ground next to my house. I have heard of a couple
> of people who had failures of the tilting boom on the 45 version, and
> Rohn subsequently redesigned that part. Rohn dropped the foldover from
> their product line several years ago and I'm not aware of anyone else
> making such a design. You do need a calm day to fold it over because it
> would be very vulnerable to wind while being tilted.
>
> 73,
>
> John, K9MM
>
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