[TowerTalk] Hy-Gain Towers

Bill Hider, N3RR n3rr@erols.com
Thu, 04 Jun 1998 20:08:56 +0100


The drawings are available and the foundation is just rebar and a couple steel
plates.  Ought to be easy (maybe not cheap) to have a local steel fabricator
duplicate it.

Bill, N3RR

Daniel Baker wrote:

> Hy-Gain has discontinued its tower line.  I called them about the
> availability of bases for the HG54HD (54 foot crank up) tower.  I was told
> there are no bases in stock and no material to build a new base.  Since
> they are discontinued they will not be ordering any additional material.
>  The tower must be bolted to a Hy-Gain base structure which have special
> flanges on the end of the tower which mate with flanges on the base.  This
> allows the tower to fold over at the tower-base point.  It doesn't look
> like J bolts or similar would work.  Any one have any ideas on how to get a
> base for one of these Hy-Gain towers?
> Dan K9HZ
> danaf9r@aol.com
>
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