[SixClub] 6 OPENING

[doc at kd4e.com]

I took some pictures and posted them here:
http://kd4e.com/tower.html

Legs are 12" center-to-center.

I want to mount it at the corner of the connex
(steel shipping container) for strength and as
a counterbalance when tilting it.

WDYT?


>>> BTW I picked up a plasma torch today...er yesterday. Next is a Lathe
>>> and a Milling machine (Going to try and find rebuilt ones, otherwise
>>> they'll have to be imports). I have a nice MIG welder, but sure would
>>> like a TIG for Aluminum.   I'm gonna build me a BIG crank up and tilt
>>> over tower!<:-))  I'm gettin' way too old for climbing those tall
>>> towers. I'll let the tower bring the antennas down to me and put 'em
>>> backup.
>> I like that idea as well.  I have been trying to find someone to make
>> me a two-piece base for my Rohn-clone tower.  The legs slide together
>> like Rohn but rather than bolts through the legs it has 'loops' on the
>> sides (at the connecting point) through which long bolts go (parallel
>> with the legs).
>
> Loops?
>
> Would these be like L-brackets on each tower section that have the flats
> bolt together?  IOW the bracket on the lower section looks like an
> upside down L  while the bracket on the bottom of the upper section
> would be like an L with brackets on both sides of the legs or just one side?
>
>> What I envision is a 'L' plate that I can lay on the ground and bolt
>> to the steel shipping container and a second plate on top of the flat it
>> that is hinged.
>>
>
> It's just not registering. I'd almost have to see a drawing or photo.
>
> My Typing is kinda awkward and very slow at the moment.  I managed to
> remove a good portion of the fingernail on the middle finger of my left
> hand this morning.
>
> Long story short...I do not wake quickly or gracefully.  We repainted
> the den and the hallway is full of *stuff that is normally not there.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>> I can then use the side of the steel container as the guide when
>> raising and lowering the tower.  (I am only planning a 30' tower.)
>>
>>> Roger (K8RI)

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