Ended up ordering a maco 105c to put on the 60 ft tower vertical since I already have a Sirio Sy 27 4 element on horizontal then going to mount the starduster back on top of the horizontal tower thatis 40 ft.. just got to figure out how do you put a bearing in top of the Ron 25 kono's tower and mounting rotor underneath I know you need to plate.. ..
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Maco 105c
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The last time I set up some antennas I did that. I stood them on the end of the boom with the reflector element on the ground pointed skyward. It worked well. Better than horizontal only a few feet off the ground.
Not sure what a 25 kono's tower is but in regards to rotor plates and thrust bearing plates for Rohn 25G... you can order from the following.. http://www.normsfab.com/plates.htm. https://www.texastowers.com/towers/guyed/rohn25g.htm
Might try standing it up against or hanging it from a tree...or something non metallic/conductive
I seen a picture of a guy that took a two-by-four and stuck in the tower about 27 feet up on the tower sticking out about a foot..or so.. antenna hanging. Straight down
the ones i had i stood up with the reflector on ground pointing straight up and away from any thing metal and tied down with string,,, adjusted the swr and when i put up on tower swr went just a tad lower,,,
That's what I did. You could also throw a rope over a tree branch and haul one end on the boom up. Or lean it against a sawhorse or fence posts. It's not rocket science how to point an antenna straight up.