My Bad :( I meant to say R-20-G ( Still on ESDT time and it was AZ
time = 1:00PM to me )
25-G is a horse of a different color ...
> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 08:23:47 -0500
> From: kkbroadcastengineering@gmail.com
> CC: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mixing Rohn 20G and 25G
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > But if my gray matter serves me well R 25- Gg is not suitable for guying
> > let alone two levels .
>
>
>
> 25g is usable under Rev G 90mph up to 190ft with 5 levels of guys. Lightly
> loaded yes but usable. There are many 190ft AM broadcast and lightly
> loaded 2-way towers that have been standing for 30+ years with 4 levels of
> guys.
>
> You will find a lot of people that will argue that using a wall bracket on
> a guyed tower is a bad thing.
>
> See:
> http://www.rohnnet.com/rohn-25g-tower
>
> I once was called to work on a small community cable TV tower. When I
> arrived I found 300ft of 25g with the expected arrays of VHF and UHF
> yagi's. I walked up to it, looked up and quickly walked back to the
> truck. The owner came over and wanted to know how long it was going to
> take to replace the feed line to an array about halfway up. I replied that
> it wouldn't take long because that thing was about to be horizontal. That
> tower was so overloaded that sections were bulging and visibly twisted at
> the array mounting points. Several lower legs were split from the weight
> trying to force them down over the top of the section below. There were a
> lot of leg bolts bent... Z braces broken loose from legs, etc...
>
> The owner answered that it had been like that for years but I refused to
> climb and came back home. It was on the ground within the month.
>
> I don't understand how the thing stayed up for construction, let alone
> several years with all those yagis.
>
> Later,
>
> Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE/AMD
> AM Ground Systems Company - WD4RAT
> kkidd@kkbc.com -- 866-22-RADIO -- 866-227-2346
> www.amgroundsystems.com
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