KG0ZZ's Amateur Radio Tower Stand

A close up view of my ham radio tower and tower stand. The tower is five sections of Rohn 25-G tower. The top section is 8 feet long making the tower approximately 48 feet tall.

[@Nodularguy1]

Super clean and professional as always. Came at the right time for me. I am building my second tower right now and you gave me some excellent ideas. Many thanks Dave !

[@wlocke2991]

I'm so jealous right now, it's absolutely the sweetest rig I have ever seen. awesome job Dave !

[@tylermicah5421]

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[@paytonnova1603]

@Tyler Micah instablaster :)

[@not2fast4u2c]

You have a Nice tower !!! I like how it's built the base and hinge parts are really well built and the winch setup is really nice !!!!

[@ODVenture]

Nice! I love the idea of lowering the tower so easily in the event of a sever storm. I live in tornado alley.

[@JockoFlocko]

That is epic. I love the simplicity of the design, very few moving parts and using a proven method for raising and lowering it. Nice job.

[@stevenlawhon3695]

Love the stand for the tower, no danger of falling accidents, no climbers needed!

[@isaacgriffin9184]

gave me some really good ideas on the construction of my Towner to be. thanks for sharing.

[@anonymous4507]

Very well engineered lift structure. This was a very cool video. Thank you.

[@normjacques6853]

Beautiful! Well done! I'm envious. Most hams are conscientious enough to take every precaution when erecting a tower. A quick search through KZbin, though, will show that 'most' doesn't mean 'all.' Yours is a great example of a good one. Thanks!

[@1fanger]

Hey Dave, thanks for the show. Looks real nice with all the detail. 73,

[@fstertercelthnu]

A magnificent feat of engineering!

[@SunriseCrawlers]

This is the best home made setup I have seen yet

[@cattail3]

WOW! Can't wait for the comments on this one! Great job!

[@TheVABigDog]

I JUST started in HAM and I am Thouroughly Impressed!!! Great Job!!!!

[@olivertaylor8788]

Whoopty dooo

[@trainerrandy9734]

Wow that is the nicest tower I have seen in quite some time!!!

[@jimnorrish5507]

Wow I can only dream for such a work of art , good job!!

[@frankr5941]

Kb0rdk here, i designed and built that base. All material and design was evaluated with a senior chief engineer. Retired programmer/machinist now and no longer work steel. Hope you enjoyed the design 73 de kbordk

[@VK5AV]

Nice job Dave, as always.

[@JonAlmada]

That is some beautiful engineering.... And it's a good looking too! Thanks for all your videos and instructional content - I'm a relatively new general ticket holder and learned lots from watching you over the past year... 73 - KK6IQK.

[@cougarhunter33]

Nice tower. I was in the neighborhood a few weeks ago looking at houses.

[@AlteSchutze]

Beautiful job,Dave ! 73 !

[@danbasta3677]

Love how you painted it red and white.

[@danbasta3677]

It's........BEAUTIFUL!

[@jamesmackinlay4477]

NICE setup you did a great job now I have to have one.

[@brianj409]

nice work, lots of it. thanks for sharing

[@roderickdanzy3056]

Thanks for posting this Dave. With some small changes, I looked at your rig and built my own. It doesn’t look as sweet as yours, but came out nice!!! Thanks again for sharing

[@frankr5941]

Kb0rdk here, i designed and built that base. David is a little slack in recognition it would appear. All material and design was evaluated with a senior chief engineer. Retired programmer/machinist now and no longer work steel. Hope you enjoyed the design 73 de kbordk

[@chooch1995]

Beautiful powder coat job!!

[@AdrianHiggins83]

Dave do u have any plans ? also looking forward to your next video.

[@allincamo]

That is one bad azz rig. I hope your in the biz on making towers. If not , don't miss your call.

[@robwhite2282]

very impressive engineering.

[@frankr5941]

Kb0rdk here, i designed and built that base. All material and design was evaluated with a senior chief engineer. Retired programmer/machinist now and no longer work steel. Hope you enjoyed the design 73 de kbordk

[@MakoPirateAdventure]

Look forward to future signal reports from the Yagi at that height !

[@MichaelLloyd]

Great video as always Dave. 73 NE5U

[@mark_osborne]

Brilliant !... I can see myself building one for a wind turbine

[@portlandlocalchurch8168]

I really like your tower build You did a great job and it's beautiful and it looks like it works pretty well.. I'm curious if you had considered doing a cantilever style tilt over with a weight on the bottom? I'm thinking of doing just that but with a cantilever and a heavy concrete weight on the bottom so the winch doesn't need to work hard

[@billsmith2038]

Very nice no expense spared

[@eyeinidas]

Awesome tower

[@JGallo-pm5dq]

Awesome Tower

[@johnstoffel5885]

Very nice design

[@GeorgeGardinier]

that was perfect great wow too many questions to ask, others probably have asked before thumbs up for sure

[@cfpau]

Amazing. Bad ass!!! I’m sorry but I need you permission to copy that design. Without a doubt is the best setup I’ve seen. I got excited seeing it go up. Great job! 👍👍👍✅👏

[@randyguay7115]

Wow super nice clean . Amazing job. Love it. It seems to me now i will do something similar and bit taller .

[@ado75]

Great stuff.

[@terrylikens3183]

Awesome job thank you .

[@JarlSeamus]

That is one sexy tower!

[@sporsterini]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I can't climb towers anymore so I was looking for alternatives. I didn't like some of the other setups that people have tried. I see where people made a tilt over mast. I thought why can't you do the same with a tower. I was thinking about designs and then I saw yours. I can't climb but I can weld.

[@HamRadioAdventures]

Very nice!

[@russellfamily3220]

Really nice setup. Would be proud to have that in my yard :)

[@gerrylambert6627]

Thanks for the heads up on how to lower raise the my tv tower

[@ThePobolycwm]

Welcome back

[@thess406poacher]

Great Job

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Pretty Sweet design ! It’s sort of Funny on how many of these towers dont utilize a electric whinch and I couldn’t understand why someone didnt install one to make the procedure easier IMO they aren’t very expensive to purchase any more and it looks like all the manual designs need a small team to set up their towers ive always been a guy that likes to design things i can do by myself as that is part of the challenge on building or using whatever i build plus i dont need to rely on anyone as well

[@DanielOrtegoUSA]

Impressive design and cool tilt-over motor set-up. I'm considering a more generic config; 'US Tower i.e. 541SS, but surprisingly, they don't offer a motorized tilt mech.

[@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787]

Wow what a cool project. How long did you work on this one?

[@onemarktwoyou]

Beautiful. Loved how clean the design was. Also the paint job was excellent!!!! Probably the most professional job I have seen that wasn't for production. I assume this wasn't the prototype. Because a design this good has to evolve.

[@frankr5941]

Kb0rdk here, i designed and built that base. David is a little slack in recognition it would appear. All material and design was evaluated with a senior chief engineer. Retired programmer/machinist now and no longer work steel. Hope you enjoyed the design 73 de kbordk

[@pedalingthru2719]

@@frankr5941 do you have a set of build prints for it.

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Well done. Looks like a relatively simple build.

[@edgardovalentin3694]

Good job nice set up

[@riddick1125]

Was the stand made and or bought Dave? I fit was made what are the dimensions and materials you used?

[@richardholt3191]

I'm a retired structural engineer with retired licenses. The structure looks fine. Well thought-out. What I haven't been able to see is the anchor bolt pattern and sizes. Bolt pull out would be my primary concern for the design. I am a 75 year ham and my tower climbing days are done

[@donkey-fart]

This is really cool! Thank you for sharing! Brandon KG5LQM

[@daddy3d1972]

Nice work

[@TheZooman22]

Well done.

[@bob4analog]

Nice tower! What is the song in this vid? Cool song!

[@EastAngliaUK]

If only I had one this big in my garden with permission. I would defo have a dipole & 5 element aerial on there.

[@jeromekurtz7001]

wow..that's awesome

[@tonytyler6390]

totally amazing work in deed.. well done.. tony t. n0amy..

[@russellhueners8499]

Looks great, most towers recommend bracketing at 10 feet, so if you made the errection tower 10 feet high at clamp area that would be perfect. One yard of concrete is ok if you are guying, I think free standing requires something like two yards for a crank up tip over fifty footer.

[@markmanning5683]

How would you add a Rotor to your Antenna? Would you be able to mount a rotor to the lower section and run sections of pipe? How log are your Guys on this tower? I saw what looked like a light in the last tower section, was this just for giggles? It all looks great! Please send me your answers, love to hear about this.

[@berkmanyt]

Dave did you do the welding per the tower base ( white steel) ? Nice job. walt

[@walty28msn]

great video,73 from brazil

[@ronaldross3978]

Nice tower Dave. I have only been retired for a few months now but starting to focus on ham radio. I live in the city. I cannot put up a good HF antenna. I have purchased a used Hy-gain that I can install to work HF bands. It is only 21 feet. I have not been able to find a reasonable tilt base. I guess I will need to make one. Thanks for sharing.

[@portlandlocalchurch8168]

I just picked up a used 24-ft tower that is very sturdy and I'm planning to create a tilt base that is on a cantilever hinge with a weight of bricks on the bottom so that the winch doesn't need to work so hard this would also lessen the hazard of it falling and hitting so hard..

[@kb7zka]

nice setup Dave I'm looking for a winch for my tower something simmer do you have, if you have any information on the winch and what size cable you have that would be a big help thank you

[@dennis-eo6wd]

Nice tower, also in The Netherlands this concept is very common for illegally radio stations with homemade towers up to 100 meters.

[@kk0dj]

Hey Dave... it's been several years now. Is there anything you would have done differently with this design now? I have 6 sections of Rohn 45G to go up before the snow flies in Iowa and wondered if there were any lessons learned in your experience with this design? I don't think my design will be exactly like yours, but similar is why I ask. Thank you for posting this - gave me lots of great ideas. In my late 60s now, I have to think about ease of maintenance and ease of repair too! 73 KK0DJ

[@mariomatovina4]

Did you make the tower yourself? I mean, did you weld it yourself?

[@outlawhead]

very nice, but you could put so much more on it. Ma5b ?

[@sergiocavazos8963]

wow! great!

[@user-ss6zt2mo1l]

Cool Tower. Congrats ! Don't stand in line with the Base Mount when you are winching it up and down. If any bolts fail ever, the base will shoot backwards and kill you. stand off to the side when winching it up or down. 73,

[@jtsgarage2999]

i am building something simulor to that 40 ft step tower just trying to figure out the back for the winch i have 4 10ft pipe from a well bit im using

[@rajvirsingh4558]

Good Upload

[@joedoakes8307]

You would be smart to add a sway brace like 1\8 inch steel cable run through 1 inch square tubing standoffs say 4 inches out with a 1\4 inch hole all the way to the top of your tower ! Use a 3\8's turn buckle tied to the very bottom of the tower and you will eliminate all that bending of the 25g as you raise the tower . You also need to raise the height of the point of attachment on the tower at least 10 feet .

[@roynorman3650]

Maybe you have some advice for a plan that I have. Looking for ideas on a crank up/ tilt tower. I plan to raise it and lower it using a utility pole.

[@herbertabegg]

I would like to have that set up in my yard,, what a great video 😂 73S N0QIC HERB

[@pascalhumphrey]

how do you get the antenna to the top? do you let stand back down and attach it, then pull back up? or another way

[@verzo_HiromutsuSodei]

The tower is great, but what if it happens in a thunderstorm? Do you DIY something like TV-RF cable Plugs\sockets?(when thunderstorm coming just pull out the plug)

[@mikeydvd1]

Awesome ..thanks for sharing.73s AA1US

[@ik04]

Hey Dave, Please stand to the side of the cable path when erecting the tower! You don't want to be lined up in its path if something lets go...

[@alphasxsignal]

Yea you might get cut in half. I use to have a Paul Buyan Whip 60ft tall round steel pole 6" at bottom and 3 at top. The plans are in old QST and I could lower it and raise it with rope. It was counter balanced with weight on bottom for the TH-6DXX and Ham M. No winch needed in that design. I had to push it to get it started to tilt over. Its in old QST article you can find on QST page.

[@CarlJohnson-km8zr]

I dont think that weight is exceeding the cable capacity lol, but yes good practice

[@ironblack5387]

Penguin with hat, nice

[@CCWP0251]

Very cool! Thank you for sharing! I must ask... Why not go ahead and mount your antennas and secure coax prior to raising the tower vs climbing to mount? Just curious!

[@stargazer7644]

You would. He’s just testing the tower raising.

[@bigdaadio.K2WW]

Just "testing" out the guys also? You wod mount everything, obviously the OP doesn't climb, 50 ft of 25g can take the load with just his 1st set of guys and the bracket. Lotta of work for a tower that can be erected in a few hours with 2 guys and a gin pole.

[@mikes1031]

Hello Dave, Wow that is one sweet tower stand you built. I have never seen one like it before and probably never will. If I may ask, in design time, stand steel, tower, including the 8 ton winch and 1 1/2 yards of concrete... how much money do you have invested in that stand / project.... roughly ? Just to give us DIY'ers an idea. Oh and thank you for all the cool and informative project videos you have taken the time to do and post. Mike KD8WBQ

[@frankr5941]

Kb0rdk here, i designed and built that base. All material and design was evaluated with a senior chief engineer. Retired programmer/machinist now and no longer work steel. Hope you enjoyed the design 73 de kbordk

[@autoorenburg]

interested do you have a limit on the height of the tower?

[@TheRedneckprepper]

O man ! that is awesome . I've been waiting on you to show more detail . I hope you don't have a copyright yet cause Im make N notes! I like the base swivel you have set up on it ! that's such a awesome ideal thanks for shearing

[@frankr5941]

Thank you Kb0rdk here, i designed and built that base. All material and design was evaluated with a senior chief engineer. Retired programmer/machinist now and no longer work steel. Hope you enjoyed the design 73 de kbordk

[@TheRedneckprepper]

@@frankr5941 What an awesome job you did ! do you have a layout on paper design for this i can get ? website ? or email ? TY Tony

[@TheRedneckprepper]

Is the wench attachment @ about 25' and how big is the wench ? so many questions ! LOL

[@frankr5941]

Thank you tony, unfortunately if i had the specs they would soooo buried in the archives. This erection device was designed for 50’ of rohn25 tower (max) lite antenna loading w/guy wires or 40’ freestand. Without knowing your skill level I highly recommend having a professional assemble your design. I believe overall height is about 10’. Remember all your angles of approach have to calculated for load and variance. Stay safe and good luck with your project

[@jackson4861]

How high is your winch pole, and at what height do you have the lifting cable attached to the tower? What is the over all height of the tower?

[@Psysam8202]

Nice.

[@hawler7866]

that's super fly

[@n4leqonthego852]

Dave , What size winch did you use?

[@jimmycake7143]

what a nice job, you make it look easy. LOL

[@EastAngliaUK]

Wonder how far you can transmit on there?

[@chrischrism1581]

had to comment..... i like that !

[@pedalingthru2719]

Do you have a set of prints to build this tower base ?

[@tompatrick3281]

Very nice setup Dave , Im looking into doing the same , if I go with a tower like this, How much concrete did the base take. , All your videos are great other than sometime I think you talk too much and take too much Time, LOL that was just a joke .WB5MG

[@rickdaystar477]

How can I get an antenna picture to you? I'm an old dxer with a new smart phone (my first) lol You may be able to identify it for me..thanks

[@joseggarciagonzalez6377]

Can you give me the brand and model of motor you use for tilt up this tower. Thanks

[@ironblack5387]

Nice job,,, I need room