[TowerTalk] Plugging the top of Rohn 25

[Keith Dutson]

I would advise against doing that.  If you follow the Rohn recommendations,
water will drain out the bottom of each leg into the gravel placed in the
bottom of the base.

73, Keith NM5G 

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of BRENT BAUM
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 10:21 AM
To: wa9wsj at yahoo.com; jimjohnson at alaweb.com; TOWERTALK at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Plugging the top of Rohn 25

Drilling a small weep hole at the base of each leg should let the
condensation drain away without compromising the integrity of the tower.
K7MEI, Brent


>From: Tom WA9WSJ <wa9wsj at yahoo.com>
>To: KC4HW <jimjohnson at alaweb.com>, TOWERTALK at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Plugging the top of Rohn 25
>Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 07:09:49 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hi Jim,
>
>Once you plug the holes you mention, another concern
>is internal condensation build-up. Hopefully the
>section in the ground has been set in a gravel base
>for drainage. If not, there is a risk of the lower
>section leg(s) splitting from freezing.
>In this case, maybe one of the net members here has a
>slick method of preventing this.
>
>Tom
>
>
>
>--- KC4HW <jimjohnson at alaweb.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a 70' rohn 25 with a regular section for the
> > top section.  What is
> > being used to plug the holes to prevent rain water
> > from accummulating in
> > the tower legs?
> >
> >
> > Jim/KC4HW
> > http://www.AlabamaContestGroup.org
> > http://www.AlabamaQSOParty.org (June 2nd and 3rd,
> > 2007)
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