Hello Dave
Sounds like it's time for plan "B"!!
Joe K4XZ
>
> From: fee@sfu.ca
> Date: 2006/10/17 Tue PM 02:55:25 EDT
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] small tower help pls.
>
> Greetings tower gurus !
>
> I was recently given ( yes, free ) a tower by my neighbor.
>
> He doesn't know what it is because it was attached to his house already when
> he moved in.
>
> We both SUSPECT it is of Radio Shack origin and designed for TV ( no
> antennas mounted ).
>
>
> --- pause to let the laughing and pointing stop ---
>
>
> It is triangular and is comprised of four 10 foot sections.
>
> The material appears to be galvanized tubular steel and it measures 10.5" or
> so across the face and weighs about 25 lbs per 10 ' section.
>
> Before you start yelling at me, I do not plan to mount any HF antennas on
> it, VHF / UHF only.
>
> HF duties will continue to be carried out by my G5RV and inverted V wires.
>
> I only plan on using 3 of 4 sections because I only have room for 30 feet or
> so of tower to fall and still be in my yard.
>
> I don't want to climb this tower, the "rungs" are tack-welded 'U" channel
> and I am also lazy.
>
> I'd like to make this a tilt-over tower.
>
> The antennas I plan to mount are a Cushcraft 5 element 6M beam ( 2.6 sq. ft.
> wind area ) and a 13 element 2M beam ( .4 sq ft. ).
>
> The tower was attached to the neighbor's house with ( shudder ) home made
> brackets and the base was secured to 2 building blocks buried in the dirt.
>
> I'd rather not dig and pour concrete so I'm considering a metal plate
> secured to the ground with long rods driven in and heavy brackets to the
> foundation.
>
> I'd also like to find / build a hinging base, the current base is just a
> flat plate.
>
> The galvanizing is also failing on some tubes ( 1/3 of them ) but it appears
> to be only surface rust - I'd like to paint the tower.
>
> I'd also like to avoid a lot of guy wires and make this mostly
> self-supporting via heavy brackets to the house.
>
> Are there any words of advice please, amidst the jeers ?
>
> Thanks a lot, 73....dave / VE7SGI.
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JOE PATRICK
SENIOR PLUMBING/MECHANICAL
INSPECTOR CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH
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