[TowerTalk] 80m vertical ideas / questions

[Wayne Kline]

Rob,

What your suggesting is similar to the hy-gain hi-tower.  I have 4  of these striped down to just he 24 ft tower ( 3-  8 ft. BX tower type) = 24 ft. and a 43 ft. stinger  2” od. to 3/8 od. tubeing
 Been in use for 25  years   K3LR also has the same configuration… I think he up graded the BX tower to R-25 recently

YMMV  Wayne W3EA


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From: Rob Atkinson<mailto:ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2021 6:53 AM
To: towertalk<mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80m vertical ideas / questions

>Would 30 feet (real height 28 feet) of Rohn 25 be OK freestanding with a 35 foot whip on top?

Why can't it be guyed to help stabilize it?   Even three ways at the
top with dacron or kevlar to some deep earth screws is better than
nothing, especially if you use cheap leg insulators.  Most leg
insulators will not hold much free standing steel in high wind
especially if you wind up needing a top hat.    If your vertical is
out in the open on flat land and you have a wind storm, it will
destroy plastic leg insulators and the ceramic ones hams find aren't
made for this.  Not sure about the fiberglass cylinders that fit
inside the legs.   Maybe they are more robust.

Happy New Year
Rob
K5UJ
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