If you are talking full design wind speed, you will often need 3 sizes
larger of Rohn tower at 50' if cantilevered and no guys. And a significant
foundation.
regards,
Dave N3AC
On Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 2:48 PM <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> A free-standing tower does not need to be a lower height than your proposed
> Rohn 25 tower. There are plenty of 70 foot free-standing towers available
> that will easily support your antenna load. In either case it sounds like
> getting a Yagi to the top of a tower while in the close proximity to your
> trees may be another challenge, especially with Rohn 25 guy wires.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
>
>
> Rick Harrington N0VT wrote:
>
> That would be nice except the only location I have for the tower is in a
> stand of mature oak trees. My choices are limited to cutting a number
> of them down to make room for my SteppIR to turn (not really an option)
> or get the antenna above them. I appreciate the thought though.
>
>
> On 8/11/2022 5:53 AM, towertalk-request at contesting.com wrote:
> > Subject:
> > Re: [TowerTalk] Pipe for guy anchor
> > From:
> > Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
> > Date:
> > 8/11/2022, 5:39 AM
> >
> > To:
> > towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
> >
> >
> > After reading the mail on this topic, if I were the fellow asking the
> > question, I'd decide to accept a lower height and put up a free
> > standing tower.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Rob
> > K5UJ
> >
>
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