Sizeable towers with no concrete base must be a lot more common than I
thought. I've gotten several direct responses on this. Since they didn't
go to the reflector I'll only quote anonymous snippets...
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Mine has been standing for 20 years and suffered ZERO tower damage when a
small tornado knocked over 30-some trees in my woods...
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Guilty...7 towers ranging from 40 to 140 ft with no concrete...
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....one here is sitting on a roof mount plate on top of the ground...guyed
with 3 screw anchors...5 element tribander on it...
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Seems like a pretty "normal" tower installation around ______ County...have
been involved in dismantling two such setups here!
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A supposedly "professional" tower/antenna installer recently took down a
friend's tower and re-installed it at a new QTH. 40'
house-bracketed...re-installed, no cement...now has a 2M vertical,
tri-bander, 440 beam and inverted V on it...pro and his helper put that
mass of antennas on it. Bracket at about 17' with about 21-23' still in the
air...Scary isn't it?
It sure is! 73 - Paul N3GPU
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