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Tower model identification

TimmyTheTorch

TimmyTheTorch

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I am looking around for a good, used tower somewhere around 40 feet tall. I'm open to freestanding as well as ones that need to be guyed/bracketed. I plan on having a hinged base to help make it a bit easier to take it down because I do tend to like to try a lot of different things. To start I'll have a Maco M104C horizontal and a Maco V58 above that on a Yaesu rotator.

I came across this tower for sale and all it says is it's a 50 foot Rohn. The seller does not know the model or age. Do any of you folks know by looking at this picture what model it is, or even what model it is not? It looks like the the support bars zig-zag with no parallel parts. The pictures I see of the 25G and 45 G both have a horizontal brace then angled.

Thanks.

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Here's what a 25G section apparently looks like and the highlighted parts don't look the same.

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Top picture is Rohn. Rohn 45 has 16.75 in. leg spacing. Rohn 20 & 25 has 11.25 in spacing.

The ROHN 25G Tower Section is 16 gauge steel Tubing, whereas the ROHN 20G Tower Section is 18 gauge steel Tubing. The ROHN 20G 10 Foot main Tower Section consists of 6 bays spaced approximately 18.25 inches while the ROHN 25G 10 Foot main Tower Section consists of 7 bays spaced approximately 15.75 inches.
 
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Alrighty, so the first one is indeed a Rohn 45G but it's not the one he still has for sale. He sold the 45G several months ago so you'd think he'd update the listing but nope. However he does still happen to have two 10 foot 25G straight sections and a 25G top section lying around outside somewhere for $300. No thanks.

I still haven't heard back on the second one for sale.

It's been a long time since I've had a pleasant experience on c****slist.org.
 
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TimmyTheTorch said:
I am looking around for a good, used tower somewhere around 40 feet tall. I'm open to freestanding as well as ones that need to be guyed/bracketed. I plan on having a hinged base to help make it a bit easier to take it down because I do tend to like to try a lot of different things. To start I'll have a Maco M104C horizontal and a Maco V58 above that on a Yaesu rotator.

I came across this tower for sale and all it says is it's a 50 foot Rohn. The seller does not know the model or age. Do any of you folks know by looking at this picture what model it is, or even what model it is not? It looks like the the support bars zig-zag with no parallel parts. The pictures I see of the 25G and 45 G both have a horizontal brace then angled.

Thanks.

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Here's what a 25G section apparently looks like and the highlighted parts don't look the same.

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Some time back I bought a tower and it looked to me to be a ROHN. I emailed them pictures and they told me it was not. I didn't really pursue it any more, but ROHN was kind enough to verify for me. I guess what I'm saying is it's sometimes best to contact the manufacture for the definitive answer on their products.
I'm not poo pooing the knowledge of the members here as I have gained much knowledge by being here. Just suggesting, and it's a good topic to bring up with so many different towers out there.
 
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Instead of starting a whole new thread on this, I'll just jump on this one.

Can someone help me identify this tower?

I acquired this several years back. 3 sections of 10', the top section is 10', the bottom section looked like it was once about 10' as well but since it was buried some got a little rot so it shorter. There's a mast the goes in the top middle but it was a little bent so it needs replaced.
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I have one that looks like that as well. I sent pictures to ROHN and they told me it wasn't theirs. Looked an awful lot like a ROHN, but then there are a bunch of makers, past and present, and some not around any more.
 
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