Larry: That is good news about Rohn. They have always made a quality product.
The 25 series had the fold over option, of course, but the HB series could be cranked over. One would have to have a support pole with a winch and it hinged on two of the legs to lower it. The lowering was horizontal not vertical. I had my set up this way and it worked just fine. The legs were fitted with thick walled pipe and one removed the bolts on one of the legs, then one of the bolts on the other two legs. With proper cable and a winch, you could lower the tower. I hope to have mine back in operation soon. I have a Mosley TA-53M on top with a Hygain 400 rotor. The rotor plate was, of course, and option and bottom mounted. They had that plate back when the rotor was manufactured by Hygain. Sure has been through a lot of storms and both have survived. I have the HBDX 40 and would like to add the next section, but that would require changing the leg supports and saddles for the fold over. If I remember right, the 25 series catalog recommended only about 25 ft. above a house bracketed with about 6-8 sq. ft. of antenna maximum, but that is poor memory talking. As Brian mentioned they can be loaded much more than that and survive. Glad they are back. 73 Jim de W5JO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Saletzki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Tower Construction > Hi Brian, > I am happy to report that Rohn and their products are not dead. A company > called Radian bought out Rohn. > See: http://www.rohnnet.com/ for more information. The best news is they > are restarting the old Rohn manufacturing plant in the Peoria, Il. area. If > I remember correctly someone else bought out Rohn's galvanizing facility > here in the Peoria area. (I believe it was someone from the Chicago area but > could stand to be corrected) So Radian is having this company do their > galvanizing. (again this could stand to be corrected) > This link will take you to the original Rohn catalog: > http://www.rohnnet.net/rohnnet2004/html2004/index.html > > Hope this helps. How many of you remember that Rohn made a crank up > tower?? I was interested in buying one a few years ago but when I called > Rohn they would not admit having built one. I finally got some documentation > on the one I was interested in. It was not rated very high for windload for > it's size so I passed on it. Later I acquired a number of old QST's that had > a number of ads in them for Rohn crank ups. They must have had some serious > issues with them. > 73 Larry WA9VRH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 5:11 PM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Tower Construction > > > > I know that with the Rohn 25G they recommend no more than three sections > > without guys. Not sure on the 55G, but it might be on someone's web site. > > > > I heard Rohn went out of business which is a D&*n shame, > > in my opinion. They were a great company that has supplied > > great products for decades. Someone is probably now selling > > a cheap Chinese imitation made out of recycled pot metal > > and retailing for 90% of the Rohn price! > snip> > > > _______________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >
