Anyone want to see pics of how we built this tower vertical with a gin pole,
one section at a time just send me an email.
They go up various ways but one can use a gin pole, not just a crane, but
that certainly would be faster and more fun!
This tower had a 3E Full Size Telrex 20m mono-bander, 4E on 15m and 5E on
10m for many years. It currently support a Cushcraft A3, 8E on 2m. Next
year it will host a HYGAIN Explorer 14/7MHz add-on kit.
The tower is a good value for the price whether you use it for dipoles, yagi
antennas, or a CB ground plane ;-)
73,
Dave
wa3gin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Beattie" <w2ttt@att.net>
To: "W2RU - Bud Hippisley" <W2RU@frontiernet.net>; "Kelley Shaddrick"
<kshaddrick@jetup.net>
Cc: <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX 49' Tower
> These towers need to be walked up or raised and maintained with a crane or
> a platform. I had one to hold up dipoles and other light antennas. They
> stink to climb too!
>
> Sent from my Motorola ATRIX™ 4G on AT&T
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: W2RU - Bud Hippisley <W2RU@frontiernet.net>
> To: Kelley Shaddrick <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
> Cc: Towertalk@contesting.com
> Sent: 2011 Dec, Mon, 12 03:14:34 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX 49' Tower
>
> I weight 165 and I climbed one ONCE to help a friend of mine take his
> beams off it. I found it horribly uncomfortable (no horizontal surfaces
> to stand on, and the cross braces cut into your boots and feet). Reaching
> around the lower part of the tower to connect the restraining belt
> (whatever it's called) for my harness was impossible. IMHO, "safe"
> climbing of an HDBX tower is an oxymoron, no matter what your weight.
>
> Bud, W2RU
>
>
> On Dec 11, 2011, at 10:01 PM, Kelley Shaddrick wrote:
>
>>
>> There have been lots of postings in the Rohn HDBX tower asking about
>> concrete requirements, windloads, and so on. I'm wondering, Does anyone
>> have
>> any idea how large a person can climd one of these towers? Can a 300
>> pound
>> person climb one of these towers safely? A 250 pound person? Is there any
>> data on this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kelley - W0RK
>
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