[TowerTalk] Why is the 25GSSB Base Plate Difficult to Find?

[ve4xt at mts.net]

I would suspect that low demand for the SSB25G is directly proportional to the windload limits of 
freestanding 25G towers, considering that you can't (or shouldn't) freestand more than 40 feet of 25G 
and can only put 1.5 square feet of windload if you do.

At 10 feet, you can load it to 19.5 sq. ft., IIRC.

Can't imagine much demand for either.

73, kelly
ve4xt

> 
> From: TexasRF at aol.com
> Date: 2008/06/17 Tue PM 12:00:38 CDT
> To: jeff at mossycup.com,  towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Why is the 25GSSB Base Plate Difficult to Find?
> 
> I can only speak for Texas Towers concerning the SSB25G:
>  
> The dealer price is $206 vs $82 for the BPC25G. We get a call maybe once  
> every year or two for one so there is not enough interest to stock the plate. I  
> am guessing that the price is a put off for most folks.
>  
> 73,
> Gerald K5GW
> Texas Towers
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 6/15/2008 3:25:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> jeff at mossycup.com writes:
> 
> Thank  you to everyone who has emailed me on and off list.  Thanks for
> all of  the great references as well.
> 
> I guess my main question is why does  virtually nobody sell the
> self-supporting base plate?  Do people not  use them?
> 
> The pinned and tilt over are available everywhere.  The  lack of wide
> availability of the self supporting base plate is  perplexing...
> 
> -Jeff
> KE7FRJ
> 
> On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 18:34 -0700,  Jeff Stevens wrote:
> > I'm looking to put up a 28' bracketed Rohn 25  tower for some VHF/UHF
> > antennas.  There is definitely an ample  supply of used tower sections,
> > house brackets, top sections, etc. in  good to excellent condition.  So
> > far, however, I haven't found  anyone willing to part with a base plate.
> > 
> > Looking online for  the 25GSSB self supporting base plate I've found they
> > are not easily  purchased new either.  Why is this?  Neither tessco nor
> >  Texas Towers sells them.  Both the BPC25G pinned base plate and  BPH25G
> > tilt over base plate are readily available.  Does anybody  know why the
> > 25GSSB is so difficult to find new?
> > 
> >  -Jeff
> > KE7FRJ
> > 
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