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Re: [TowerTalk] How to attach a 25/45 ginpole to HDBX Tower?

To: hovernaut@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How to attach a 25/45 ginpole to HDBX Tower?
From: George Dubovsky <n4ua.va@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:30:37 -0400
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Benny,

The only time I had to rig a gin pole to a HDBX, I took a short length of
2" pipe (maybe 3' long) and welded 2 "L" shaped hooks made from 3/8" or
1/2" rod to the pipe, spaced so they just fit the x-brace spacing of the
sections I was working on. Imagine an L with a 2" leg parallel to the pipe
and the short leg (maybe 1/2" long welded to the pipe, with the long leg
pointing down. If you get the spacing right, this pipe assembly just hooks
into the Vees formed by 2 of the x-braces and the tower leg. I then clamped
the Rohn gin pole clamp to the pipe and finished the antenna/tower
disassembly. It was secure enough, I suppose, and there are probably better
systems, but I wasn't clever enough to think of them at the time, and I
haven't had to deal with one of those pressed-steel marvels since... ;-)

Be safe.

73,

geo - n4ua

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 10:47 AM, <hovernaut@comcast.net> wrote:

> I have to put up about 6 sections of HDBX/Spaulding Tower and wondering if
> there are
> good ideas out there about rigging a Rohn 25/45 ginpole for use on BX
> Towers.
>
> TNX,
> Benny Peterson, WB4SQC
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