[TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX 49' Tower

[David Jordan]

Anyone want to see pics of how we built this tower vertical with a gin pole, 
one section at a time just send me an email.

They go up various ways but one can use a gin pole, not just a crane, but 
that certainly would be faster and more fun!

This tower had a 3E Full Size Telrex 20m mono-bander, 4E on 15m and 5E on 
10m for many years.  It currently support a Cushcraft A3, 8E on 2m.  Next 
year it will host a HYGAIN Explorer 14/7MHz add-on kit.

The tower is a good value for the price whether you use it for dipoles, yagi 
antennas, or a CB ground plane ;-)

73,
Dave
wa3gin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Beattie" <w2ttt at att.net>
To: "W2RU - Bud Hippisley" <W2RU at frontiernet.net>; "Kelley Shaddrick" 
<kshaddrick at jetup.net>
Cc: <Towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX 49' Tower


> These towers need to be walked up or raised and maintained with a crane or 
> a platform.  I had one to hold up dipoles and other light antennas.  They 
> stink to climb too!
>
> Sent from my Motorola ATRIX™ 4G on AT&T
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: W2RU - Bud Hippisley <W2RU at frontiernet.net>
> To: Kelley Shaddrick <kshaddrick at jetup.net>
> Cc: Towertalk at contesting.com
> Sent: 2011 Dec, Mon, 12 03:14:34 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX 49' Tower
>
> I weight 165 and I climbed one ONCE to help a friend of mine take his 
> beams off it.  I found it horribly uncomfortable (no horizontal surfaces 
> to stand on, and the cross braces cut into your boots and feet).  Reaching 
> around the lower part of the tower to connect the restraining belt 
> (whatever it's called) for my harness was impossible.  IMHO, "safe" 
> climbing of an HDBX tower is an oxymoron, no matter what your weight.
>
> Bud, W2RU
>
>
> On Dec 11, 2011, at 10:01 PM, Kelley Shaddrick wrote:
>
>>
>> There have been lots of postings in the Rohn HDBX tower asking about
>> concrete requirements, windloads, and so on. I'm wondering, Does anyone 
>> have
>> any idea how large a person can climd one of these towers? Can a 300 
>> pound
>> person climb one of these towers safely? A 250 pound person? Is there any
>> data on this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kelley - W0RK
>
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