[TowerTalk] Temporary 30-40ft Rohn 55G

[Charles Morrison]

That’s 300 or 400 pounds!
Do you expect to assemble it and tilt it up ?!?


On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 9:21 PM <john at kk9a.com> wrote:

> Rohn 55 is pretty heavy duty for a temporary antenna support. If you have
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> that large of a wind load you may need some type of concrete base.  About
> 20
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> years ago I used a small aluminum tower in the Caribbean and just had it
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> sitting on the ground with rope guys. Temporary can mean different things
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> different people, for me it just needed to be up for a week.  I believe
> WRTC
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> 2014 used Rohn 25 towers with a tilt bases that were staked into the
> ground,
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> They were raised with a falling derrick.
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> John KK9A
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> Mike Lyon KE6 wrote:
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> What would one use for a base to erect a 30-40ft Rohn 55G? It would be
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> guyed.
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> Is it possible to have a non-concrete base?
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> Thank You,
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> Mike
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