[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 41, Issue 21

[Keith Dutson]

Well said.  A friend of mine put up a 40 foot 45G without guys and a
tribander on top with rotor.  I did not climb it but watched while two other
friends did.  It was kinda scary just watching, but the tower was steady as
the work was done.  If it had been 25G I likely would not have had the
courage to even watch.

73, Keith NM5G

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robin Midgett
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:13 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 41, Issue 21

Yes, I can tell you...No, absolutely not! 25G isn't self-supporting at any
height. Additionally, if you were to erect this 40' tower without guying it,
someone would have to climb it and install the antenna...making for a very
dangerous situation. The ice loading situation that someone else mentioned
is another reason not to do this.
Granted, hams have used this technique and gotten away with it for
years...but that doesn't justify doing it. You should either guy the 25G
installation or use self-supporting tower.


At 05:32 AM 5/10/2006, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> > [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Martin & Ann 
> > Mein
> > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:37 PM
> > To: Towertalk at contesting.com
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] self-supporting rohn 25g??
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Can anyone tell me if it's OK to install a 40' tower, made from
> four 10-foot sections of Rohn 25G, as a self-suppoting
> > tower?  The antenna that wpould be on the tower is a small
> omni-directional circularly-polarized FM antenna for 95.9
> > MHZ, so it is small with not much windload.  How big does the
> cement base have to be?  Locally, the minimum concrete order
> > is 4 yards.  We are located in upstate NY.  4 yards would be
> somewhere around a 4.5' X 4.5' X 5.5' foot base.
> > Thanks and 73...
> > Jeff KP3FT
> > Spirit And Truth Christian Radio  WJIH-LP  95.9

Thanks,
Robin Midgett K4IDC
615-322-5836 office - rolls to pager
615-835-7699 pager
615-301-1642 home
K4IDC at comcast.net
http://www.people.vanderbilt.edu/~robin.midgett/index.htm 

_______________________________________________



_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk