To throw in my 2 cents worth my city of Henderson, NV, required wet stamp specs to IBC-2000 for 90 MPH wind calcs. I first went to U.S. Towers but they were unable to comply (They use UBC-97 70 MPH w
I am in the process of putting up my tower and would like to add a weather station/anemometer to the shack. Our Boeing Club station had a fancy system with an anemometer that would automatically lowe
Many states/counties/cities have gone to IBC-2000 90 MPH wind calc requirements. US Towers is unable to provide these calcs to perspective buyers. Their specs are to UBC-97 70 MPH wind calcs. I tried
Yes, but US Towers will not provide UBC-2000 90 MPH wind calcs for ANY tower they manufacture. Richard (Rick) Karlquist (N6RK) wrote: I just looked over the calcs on the HDX-5106 and I would estimate
A 5' X 5' X 8' base sounds kinda small for a 72 ft tower. What wind calcs are you using? Did your Bldg Dept ask for wind calcs with your application? Just asking to save you future problems. GL hdmc3
What are your wind calc ratings? 50 MPH, 70 MPH, 90 MPH? K6TFZ@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 7/22/2004 1:50:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, k7acz@cox.net writes: A 5' X 5' X 8' base sounds kinda sma
US Towers only rates their towers to UBC-97 specs at 70 MPH. Many states/county/city Bldg Depts now require IBC-2000 90 MPH wind calcs. I tried for 5 months to get 90 MPH wind calcs out of US Towers
I second Heights Towers, Jerry beat me to it. Jerry Keller wrote: Try Heights Tower... www.heightstowers.com Click on Accessories They have a 12 foot 2" diameter 6061T6 alloy aluminum mast for $77.00
I fully agree with all Red has written below. One more point, don't order your tower until AFTER you have your Bldg Permit. Many states/counties/cities bldg codes have gone from UBC-97 70 MPH wind ca
I tried for 3 months to get IBC-2000 90 MPH wind calcs from them for any of their self supporting towers. They sent me UBC-97 70 MPH wind calcs that were not acceptable by my bldg dept. They do not h
There was a picture in yesterdays Las Vegas newspaper showing the Stardust Casino sign blown apart by a lightening strike. This is the smaller Stardust sign, maybe 30 ft high, right on the Vegas stri
Check with contractors who put up cel phone towers. They are pretty savvy as to what you need to have done. They will know who to call to dig your hole and pour your concrete base and make your rebar
These are known as WIND CALCS and will need a wet stamp from a PE licensed in your state. Before you spend your money for this check with your Bldg Dept and find out what specs they will accept. Some
I'd love to have the teams that installed all those LORAN C antennas on the Pacific Island Chain that I used to supply by C-130 come to my QTH and install a tower.......... WA9VRH Larry wrote: Hi all
One thing to consider is what your Bldg Dept requires before they will issue a Bldg Permit. In my case they required 90 MPH Wind Calcs to IBC-2000 specs. I was going to order a tower from U.S. Towers
Hank, I bow to your knowledge and experience in these matters. It certainly exceeds my knowledge. I am just curious that if there is just a simple correlation comparison factor to converting from UBC
And why does a major tower manufacturer stick to outdated UBC-97 50 and 70 MPH wind calcs rather than the newer IBC-2000 specs. UST did send me a nice set of drawings based on UBC-97 that my Bldg Dep
Having had just gone through this process I have the following comments: I agree the $250.00 charge seems reasonable as the P.E. has to take the manufacturer's drawings and calculate the wind loads,
OK, I agree with what you said. But why can't a major manufacturer like UST provide these calcs when required and smaller guys like Tashjian Towers and Heights Towers can? Jim Lux wrote: Probably bec
My accepted wind calcs reference IBC 2000 Wind load UBC Sec 1618 and UBC Tables 16. I am not sure but my Bldg Inspector seemed to think this was the same requirements as shown in UBC-97 but just cont