[50mhz] Tower Question

[Jeramy Thibodeaux]

Bob,

I intend to use Rohn 25 for a similiar setup as yours.  I feel that the Rohn 
25 is more than strong enough to support this array but do to the height you 
are planning, I would still attach guy ropes.  I am only looking at going up 
about 30-35 feet with the tower attached to the eve of the house and I will 
still use at least one set of guy ropes do to the possiblity of hurricane 
winds.  My main concern is the weight on the rotor I will be using (HamIV)? 
I will probably end up using some sort of support bearing to ease the load 
on the rotor.

Jeramy in North Carolina
kg4azt


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <W0DXZ at aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:55 AM
Subject: [50mhz] Tower Question


>I know that this is a 50 mhz group, but I have a tower question... we all
> have towers. I recently lost one in an ice storm... too big of an antenna 
> on a
> poorly guyed  lightweight tower. I want to put up ONE more tower in my 
> life, and
> not worry about it.
>
> I would like to put on that tower, a rotor, a 5 el M2 6M beam, a 13 el 2M
> beam, and a 19 el 432 beam.
>
> I am thinking of Rohn 45,,, 70 feet. I had previously used mainly Rohn 25,
> with good results.   (The one that fell over was not a Rohn 25, my Rohn 25
> stayed up)I can guy this new tower in three places, top middle, lower.
> Why would a person go to Rohn 45 over Rohn 25? Is it worth the expense 
> with
> the relatively small arrays I am putting up?  Sure would be easier to 
> climb.
> Suggestions?
> Bob in Iowa
> W0DXZ
>
>
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