[TowerTalk] HyGain HyTower

[Rick Bullon]

Max Gain systems and Antenna mart sell insulators for Rohn 25 and 45 section 
for $385, about half of what Stan or a rohn dealer could sell them. the url 
for Max Gain Systems is:
http://www.mgs4u.com/
Look at the section for Antenna Mart stuff.
73
Rick
KC5AJX
P.S. I have seen a 80 meter vertical made from a top section of Hytower with 
the rest of the vertical made from Al tubing. It worked quite well

>>Hi Val,
>
>Have you ever priced that short Rohn insulating section?  If you are 
>talking
>about the RG25G, Rohn suggests that the West Coast Dealer Price should be
>$1080.00.  Being a Rohn Dealer, I can afford to discount that item all the 
>way
>down to $810 (plus shipping).  I somehow don't think this is low enough to 
>use
>for a home-brew HyTower . . .  For your info, I have never sold one of 
>those in
>the approximately 10 years I have been selling Rohn stuff . . .
>
>Doesn't Trylon make some stuff very much like Rohn BX?
>
>Stan
>w7ni@teleport.com
>
>ValErwin@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Towertalkians:
> >
> > Since the new MFJ catalog was recently mentioned and the fact that it
> > contains the HyTower, it brings to mind an interesting question:
> >
> > Has anyone ever tried to homebrew a HyTower perhaps using 30 ft of Rohn 
>25
> > and a Al tubing top section? (Rohn does make a short "25" insulating 
>section
> > that could be used for the base.) Looking at an old HyTower assy 
>diagram, we
> > are not talking rocket science here!  Hmnmm ---
> >
> > Val Erwin
> > W5PUT
> >
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