[TowerTalk] Improvise??

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

Bob said he doesn't want to spend any money on this, doesn't want to leave a section behind when he moves, and he is only talking about 29.5 feet of tower.

I suggest he mosey out at night, pull up three steel "T" posts from a nearby farmers fence, bring them home and drive these into the ground for a base, leaving about 18 inches sticking out of the ground. Next, use a couple of muffler clamps to secure each of the 3 tower legs to the T-posts. The muffler camps can be acquired at no cost through the Midnight Auto Supply in the next town over.

That's the only way I know how to meet his last requirement of spending no money on this project.

BTW, I'm holding up the end of my 80m sloper using this method. But fortunate for me, I already had a pile of T-posts and a drawer full of muffler clamps.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN


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That base plate would probably work fine business but I imagine it would cost 
more than the 3ft- 4in short base section at $63 (list price).
 
Dwayne  (KG4ADM)
 
 

Contact Norms Fab have him make you a base plate out of Stainless steel with 
center spike make of 2x2x.125wall for the center spike to bury down in some 
rock. make the this center plate able to tilt over also.
W8TTH 

Welding & Machining 
2201 Porter Hwy. 
Adrian, Michigan 49221 
517-263-7363 
normsfab at comcast.net<mailto:normsfab at comcast.net>

N9IWW

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From: AD5VJ Bob<mailto:rtnmi at sbcglobal.net> 
To: towertalk at contesting.com<mailto:towertalk at contesting.com> 
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:39 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Improvise??


I need to be able to effectively and safely improvise a way to mount my Rohn 
25 tower sections two regular 10' sections one top
section 9.5' to the ground.

Does anyone have any ideas other than buying a short piece of tower to put in 
the ground or a swivel base or buying another section,
ect.

I was just going to stick 3 feet of the bottom section of the tower in the 
hole (concrete) but, since it is so short already, really
didn't want to leave it there should we move.

Is there no other way than spending more money on it?

73 fer nw es gud DX,
QSL VIA: BUR, LotW, e-QSL
Bob AD5VJ