[TowerTalk] HyGain HyTower

[n4kg@juno.com]

Re:  R25 Insulators

Some time ago, a W5 was looking for insulators to make
80M verticals using R25 Tower.  Several materials were
suggested such as fiberglass rod, plexiglas rod,  or Delrin(?) 
if I remember correctly.  Simply cut a section in two, insert 
the insulator rods in the legs, using 2 bolts for each joint, 
just like Rohn.

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de  Tom  N4KG

On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 Stan or Patricia Griffiths <w7ni@teleport.com>
writes:
> 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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