[TowerTalk] Tower splicing

[n4kg@juno.com]

Can you cut the legs off right at the concrete?
Or add more concrete to cover the stubs, leaving
a nice flat surface?

If so, then just go with a ROHN base plate and
and large center pin or screw.  Allowing the base
to rotate is actually a safer installation than a 
rigid base.   Granted, a rigid base is generally 
not a problem for modest tower heights (<100 ft).

If you still want to splice to the buried tower,
just get some galvanized pipe that just fits
inside each leg, bolt it to the bottom section
and insert in the buried tower.  You might
even be able to get one set of bolts (heavier
than the standard leg bolts) in the exposed
stubs but this is probably not necessary if the
pipe is a snug fit.  

FWIW, I have build some 3 ft ground bases 
for two towers using galvanized pipe with 
welded straps.  They are still intact after
many years (>10).

de  Tom  N4KG

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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:28:01 -0500 Daniel R Goddard <cqki8fh@juno.com>
writes:
> 
> I have a 10 foot section of Rohn 25G tower in a concrete base.  It 
> was
> cut off a ground level leaving six foot in the ground.  Is there any 
> way
> to splice another section of tower on to this six foot section in 
> the
> ground?  There is about 1/2 inch of each leg sticking up out of the
> concrete.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dan KI8FH
> 
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