You could try the Aluma series of towers with the MP-2 Mounting post
if pouring concrete isn't an option.
Designed to be sunk in dirt. Bobcat with a big enough auger bit and
you'll have it sunk in about 3 hours start to finish.
Chuck / W3YNI
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Chet Moore<ChetMoore@cox.net> wrote:
> When I was KP4EAJ in San Juan, I lived on old Navy Base at Isla Grande. I
> was not allowed to pour a cement base there. I used the rohn 25G dirt base
> to hold the 25G foldover tower with one section above the hinge and one
> below the hinge for a total of 60 feet with a TH-6 on top. I got 40 feet of
> it up myself. The next day w2gd arrived an put up the rest so he could
> operate in one of the sprints. It held up through 4 or 5 hurricanes over
> the 4 years I was down there. When we took the tower down and pulled out
> the dirt base, it looked like new. It wasn't like I didn't want a cement
> base but when the military says no cement, then CHAMPIONS ADJUST !! . I
> was probably lucky but it worked for me
>
> press on regardless
>
>
> Chet N4FX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com>
> To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 9:25 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] No concrete for a Rohn tower base
>
>
>> In a message dated 8/17/2009 9:12:38 PM Greenwich Standard Time,
>> n5xz@earthlink.net writes:
>>
>> No concrete at all. They guys
>> held the tower up just fine for 8 years.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope you were in a very dry climate. I have seen towers buried in no
>> concrete in Florida and the bottoms were nicely rotted out, one so bad
>> the
>> owner could get no one to climb it.. I definitely wouldn't recommend
>> this
>> for anyone..all in the name of saving the cost of less than a yard of
>> concrete. A BIG prime directive violation.
>>
>> Bill KH7XS/K4XS
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