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Re: [TowerTalk] Basic tower installation question

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Basic tower installation question
From: "James Wolf" <jbwolf@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:04:44 -0400
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Tom,

I'd go with the pier pin or a rooftop base on a flat cement slab.  Use long
bolts in the cement to bolt the rooftop base to.  
I see no value in sinking tower sections in cement.

Jim, KR9U



>My basic question is about the base. Should the base for this system be a
>pier-pin type base or just a Rohn concrete base section? At this point I
>could do either, but would like to install the best base for this system.
>The other question would be would it really make any significant difference
>which type base to use for this application, considering the load I will
>have at the top of the tower?


>Tom - W4BQF


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