Pete Soper wrote:
>
> Hi,
> If you're reading this on Christmas Eve, don't get caught :-)
> I'm investigating a used Rohn foldover as a first tower and haven't
> yet gathered many details about it beyond the description in the Texas Towers
> catalog. But as I prepare to get my hands on the proper written resources
> and contact the local experts I find myself returning to a basic question that
> I need to ask the reflector members: how is the thing guyed? How can a
> foldover tower be double guyed as the catalog blurb mentions, yet still
> fold over? The guy sets couldn't both be below the hinge point, surely, so I
> wonder what the trick is for handling this?
>
> Regards,
> Pete
> KS4XG
>
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Yes, it's guyed at the hinge and the top. Four sets at 90 degs.
Disconnect the top set to fold over. Call Rohn for a book, and I
just happen to have some extra Xerox's of it..E-mail your snail adr
or SASE to PO Box 290
Gibsonia, PA 15044
GL
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