TT:
Now is as good a time as any to bring to your attention the QST article
titled, "Install a House-Bracketed Tower -- The Right Way." It's in the
August, 1996 issue, page 35. Let's be careful out there!
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn 45 bracketed
>
>
> On 5/14/2010 8:43 PM, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 5/4/2010 12:01:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>>
>>
>>> Curious to know if Rohn 45 was bracketed to my brick house no higher
>>>
>> than 9 feet above ground, how high could the tower go with a small
>> windload, unguyed? Small = TH2 + 3el 6M + rotator.
>>
>> Well, it depends. What's your county windspeed rating? If you don't
>> know, you can find it at
>> _http://www.championradio.com/county.windspeed.data.html_
>> (http://www.championradio.com/county.windspeed.data.html) . It's the
>> minimum - your local building department may have deemed it higher.
>>
> There are more complications though. Brick house, or brick veneer. The
> veneer has very little structural strength and even less in the lateral
> direction which means the bracket should be fastened to the supporting
> structure behind the veneer.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>> A free-standing 45G can go to around 35' with your load @ 80 MPH. Rohn
>> specs allow you to be about 15 feet above the housebracket but the
>> stated
>> loads are bigger so they don't provide a direct answer.
>>
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve K7LXC
>> TOWER TECH
>>
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