Thanks David:
That makes perfect sense.
It just makes it a bit more difficult, since I go down about 3 inches and I
reach solid slate. It is the absolutely the worse stuff to dig I have ever
seen. I was looking at possibly drilling large holes and bolting the tower to
the rock. While I like to play with large explosives, the neighbors tend to
frown......:)
Scott
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> On the tower side I would say, no problem. However on the house side you
> may want to consider a change. Assuming you live somewhere that the ground
> freezes you may want to consider a base under the tower down below the frost
> line. without that frost could lift the tower while the house doesn't move,
> possibly damaging the house or brackets.
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> > bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of D. Scott MacKenzie
> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 03:09
> > To: NØATH; towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Drive-in Rohn Base for 25G
> >
> > Thanks Dave:
> >
> > I was looking at attacing it FIRMLY to the framing. I was also going to
> > re-enforce the header boards where I was going to attach the house
> > brackets.
> > Then I need to find a decent rotor...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of NØATH
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:55 PM
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Drive-in Rohn Base for 25G
> >
> >
> > Scott - You will probably get several replies on this one - In my opinion
> > you shouldn't have any
> > problem doing this if your mounting bolts are into some real wood framing
> > and not just into a thin
> > facer board - I had a similar setup years ago except I was higher above
> > the
> > brackets than you are
> > contemplating and I had considerable more weight ( 151 pounds ) sitting on
> > the mast pipe.
> > The only problem I had was broken rotors and elongation in the bolt holes
> > in
> > the tower legs.
> > ( Above the brackets) The tower was as solid as an anvil in cement.
> >
> > Dave / NØATH
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "D. Scott MacKenzie"
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:29 PM
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Drive-in Rohn Base for 25G
> >
> >
> > I plan to put up a small and meager 25G tower, and bracket it the second
> > floor and to the first floor. Total tower height will not exceed 35 feet
> > (10' above second floor bracket). Antennas will be Hy-Gain TH3Mk4,
> > possibly
> > a CC 5el 6M beam, and a 2M M2 2M9SSB....but I a being optimistic...
> >
> > My question - Can I use the Rohn drive-in base plate for the tower? If
> > so,
> > to what antennas am I limited - if just VHF, that would be OK....
> >
> > Thanks in Advance
> >
> > Scott, aka KBØFHP
> >
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