[TowerTalk] Heavy duty free-standing tower options?

[Gary Huber]

Hill Radio owned by WA9GCK, is located in Bloomington, IL is located 
some forty-five miles east of Rohn. Glenn Hill in addition operating 
Hill Radio as a two-way radio shop has been a Rohn Distributor. I recall 
his Rohn Tower advertisements in QST back in the seventies. Hill Radio 
is just five miles from my QTH, and WA9GCK is an active member of our 
local radio club.

73 ES DX,
Gary - AB9M

On 1/7/2016 12:19 PM, Kenneth Goodwin wrote:
> Rohn SSV towers are worth the cost if you don't want to hassle with a tower
> for periods of 30 years and desire to avoid having it fall down (lol).  The
> SSV series is a 400 foot tower where specific 20 foot sections are chosen to
> meet height and wind load requirements.  The SSV series is used extensively
> in the commercial world.  Rohn provides detail foundation drawings for the
> specific SSV sections used for the desired height. We're talking cubic yards
> of cement with rebar, etc.  Thirty years ago, Rohn engineering would do the
> analysis of what sections were required to meet your specs and I suspect
> they will still do that today.  Hill Radio at Hillradio.net sells Rohn at a
> decent discount and seems to be tied directly into Rohn who I believe is
> just down the road.  Shipping is via motor freight.  An SSV tower will
> require custom fabrication for the rotator platform and probably having the
> top bearing plate and additional shelfs done at the same time is the way to
> go.  Paul K7PN of Custom Metalworks Inc. does custom fabrication for all of
> the Rohn towers where the 45G/55G series is his Rohn customization standard
> bill-of-fare.  This isn't much different from the SSV platforms.  So bottom
> line is something like $6K - $8K for a free standing 100 foot tower that
> will withstand 80 - 120 MPH winds (all ROM estimates).  Ken K5RG
>
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