[TowerTalk] new tower

David Robbins K1TTT k1ttt at arrl.net
Fri Jul 13 17:51:51 EDT 2007


The only answer possible on here... you need an engineer.  One who really
knows what he is doing with towers.


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hemby
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 21:27
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] new tower
> 
> I would like to install 170 feet of Rohn 45 tower.  The problem is that
> the
> specs call for guy points to be 136 feet.  My lot is only 170 feet wide
> which will give me about 96 feet on each guy point.  Is there anyway to
> elevate the guy points enough, such as using H beam to make this work, or
> increasing the size of the guy cables, pouring additional concrete, etc,
> the
> tower can be bracketed to the poured concrete bond beam on a concrete
> block
> garage at 10 feet if this would help.  Any help or ideas would be
> appreciated.   Thanks Paul WN4AMO
> 
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