He probably got the idea from a tower overlooking Brownwood. There is a 500 foot tower there that is that H design. Condemned now due to lack of maintenance but served well for more than 50 years.
On a slightly different take I am sure most of you have seen those Sabre SS towers that have legs that look like Rohn 25 legs. They are actually solid rod legs. Vey high load. On Mon, Mar 6, 2017, 9:05 PM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Back in late 90s...He was a friend of Coleman ISD IT guy....Lived off road > to west of Coleman...Not 67... North of it...Tower was solid...I climbed it > several times... > > On Mar 6, 2017 7:56 PM, "Lewis Bergman" <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh Jesus. What was his name? > > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017, 5:58 PM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > we erected two 45s face to face attached by Unistrut and clamps buried 6 > ft down (5x5x6 pad) and went up 75 ft.. with 2 3 ft dishes...one at top and > one at 45 ft. solid....got idea from a radio guy from Coleman, Texas. > > > Jaime Solorza > Wireless Systems Architect > 915-861-1390 <(915)%20861-1390> > > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 4:46 PM, George Skorup <george.sko...@cbcast.com> > wrote: > > Yep, just sharing experiences. I don't think you'd have a problem with > 50-60 feet of 65G with a 2' dish and maybe a couple sectors. 65G is fairly > stout. Or what about a light-duty monopole for your application? > > On 3/6/2017 5:36 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > > I didn't say 55G, I wrote 65G... Would not even dream of trying to use > 55G at the height and the wind loading I have in mind. > > > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 3:32 PM, George Skorup <george.sko...@cbcast.com> > wrote: > > I would highly recommend *against* using 55G free-standing at 50 feet. For > an omni and a panel it's fine. Not a 2' dish, especially not 11-24GHz. Been > there, done that. Customer installed it. Too much twisting in the wind. > > We have a customer with 2x 2' dishes with radomes on 80' of free-standing > 65G and it has been fine. > > > On 3/6/2017 3:56 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > > I'm looking at the Rohn 65G (24" face width) for a 50-60 ft self > supporting application. The site may eventually need more wind loading. > There is no room for guy wires or anchors, just a single concrete block > like foundation. > > Anyone have a suggestion for 36" face width tower pieces that can be used > in a similar application to the 65G self supporting kits? > > -Eric > > > > > > >
