New guy on the block......
Some Background: The last time a I had a tower was in the early 70's in Penna,
where I had a 40' Rohn 25G(?) tower, attached to the side of my 2 story house
at the 20' point. Never poured a lick of concrete and it supported a TA-34 and
11 El 2M beam.
Now it's almost 40 years later and I'm looking to put up a self-supporting
tower (thinking 38' but may go for 55' TX or HDX series...other suggestions??).
I still have both antennas (and both work!!), but I'm looking to upgrade to a
Steppir 3El beam. Will still put up the trusty Cushcraft 11 El 2M beam as well.
Also, I have a HAM-M rotor from the same "dark ages" (it works too, just fired
it up last month), but I suspect it may not be suitable (need to dig up some
specs on it). Will likely have an 80 meter antenna hanging off of it as well.
Where this best place to get a primer and details on:
Sizing the tower to handle the load (I have the info from Steppir's page
All the "prep work" for the base forms, concrete type, "tips/tricks"
All the "legal (permits, etc) stuff to raise the tower. (I'm in a subdivision
and the good news is that there are a couple hams nearby with towers so I hope
I can use "precedence" to allow another tower to go up.My lot is approx 60 x
120, so not a lot of space to work with
All utilities are underground (made that a requirement when we moved to Austin
in 1985)
Pros/cons ($$s) of motorized raising option for the tower.
Any other gotchas I need to be looking out for.......
One the the deals with the XYL is that we build a work shed in the back yard as
well. Thought I might get some advantages out of it and have all the concrete
poured at one time for example
In addition to the tower info, comments on the Steppir and other antennas
welcome as well!!
tnx es 73
Bruce -W3NJ
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