[TowerTalk] HDBX Version History...

[Kim Elmore]

Ah! OK — I began to wonder if I was losing my marbles. Well... I obviously lost ‘em long ago, but still...

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Jul 2, 2019, at 11:49 AM, k7lxc at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >  I recently asked a question about HDBX 48 torque loading. Another
> towertalkian told me his failed in about 80 MPH winds. He sent me a
> picture of his failed HDBX 48 (more heavily loaded than mine by a fair
> bit) that failed. Something I noticed in the picture was that his
> HDBX48?? had only *five* X-braces per section; I thought it looked odd,
> so I went out and looked at mine: mine has *six* X-braces per section.
> He said his was manufactured sometime around 1968-1970 while mine was
> put up around 1986, so was probably made around that time.
> 
> >  Did Rohn change the design of their BX towers to add another X-brace to
> each section, or am I seeing things?
> 
>     Nope, your eyesight is ok. The original tower you saw was the AX.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC