[TowerTalk] HF9V update and a question

[K0FF]

Earth screw anchors = Mobile Home dealers/installers. They use them with
s.s. straps to tie the things down in windy locations. 73 K0FF
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From: Rick Bullon <kc5ajx@hotmail.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, June 08, 2000 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HF9V update and a question


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>>Now my question.  I'm putting up a 36-foot telescoping mast and
>>I'm looking for a source of inexpensive, light-duty earth screw
>>anchors.  The purpose of the mast is for a multiband inverted
>>vee, but I also plan on putting a Diamond 2m/70cm vertical
>>on top.  The legs of the inverted vee will also act as guys.
>>Since the wind load isn't really going to be that much, I plan
>>on using dacron rope for guy material (the black UV-resistant
>>stuff).  I have a galvanized pipe which I will drive into the ground
>>about 4 feet and the bottom section of the mast will slide into
>>that tightly and be bolted as well.
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>>The Rohn earth screws seem a bit expensive...and I probably
>>don't need something geared toward heavy towers.  Any
>>suggestions/sources?
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>>Thanks,
>>Jeff KI0RO
>>(ex KC0HEP)
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>Hello Jeff
>I had a 20ft push up mast with an 80 meter dipole on it up here for a
while.
>I used regular T post like you use to put up fence on farms and such ( I
>live in the boonies hehe).
>This mast was guyed with cheap guy wire from Radio Shack and it stayed up
>until a killer hail storm came thru several years ago. The  T posts held as
>did the guy wires but the mast didn't it snapped in the middle below the
>first  set of guys.I should also mention that the same storm took half the
>roof of my front deck.
>I don't know how much the dual band vertical will add to the wind loading

>not much I would guess), but the T posts are cheap and you can get them at
>almost any bigg hardware store. Around here they run about $1.79. YOu also
>need a post driver to put them in about $10 to $20
>73
>Rick
>KC5AJX
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