Hi all, I am filing a for a Building Permit in conjunction purchasing a great qth. (21 hilltop acres at 41.7068N x 73.7543W) The town has a 35' height restriction, but I think I can overcome it with
My new qth-to-be has a north-south ridgeline running through the center of the property. I can put towers right on the ridgeline at 600' ASL, or I can put towers down the sides of each hill. In the l
Hello Guy (and all), I have spent the majority of the past week playing with HFTA. I found the process of acquiring my USGS data from the web and preparing it with MicroDEM to be quite challenging...
The Building Inspector is requiring my engineering drawings to specify what he is calling the "drop zone" or "drop radius" of the tower. He wants to see what is the radius of the circle it will all l
Ok, I know this is the TOWER reflector. But all this sappy talk about mother nature's own towers (trees) has really got me thinking: Can I install my 10M and 15M stacked yagis in trees instead of on
This is a two-part question. There is a small survey at the end for those who have had a guy struck by a falling limb or tree. My main question is: Are there any engineers out there who can tell me h
Hi Tony, Zoning regulations are created by the town, not by the county. Secondly, anything anyone tells you, through list or otherwise, is not valid. Even what the town zoning officer tells you might
The numerous replies I received to the below post were EXTRAORDINARILY informative and helpful. Sincere thanks to each of you who took the time to reply, and I apologize to those of you who had to re
The HDBX-48 is rated for 18 sq. ft of Area, and 360 lbs. of Thrust. The components are: BX3A, BX4, BX5, BX6, BX7, BX8, ACWS. The base is 5'9" square x 4' deep, which requires 4.9 cu yds of concrete.
Sorry Mike - just scrolled down further and noticed your follow-up post, and that you need 90 mph figures not 70 mph figures. Can't help you there.... Maybe plant some pine trees around the tower? An
Santa is bringing my nephew a radio controlled helicopter for Christmas. It has a camera built in, with 4 GB of memory. It just occurred to me that being able to fly a camera up to the top of a tower
I'm considering purchasing some older Rohn 45G/55G tower and having it re-galvanized. The tower is structurally sound, and I'd like it to stay that way as long as possible. My concern is whether the
Surprised nobody mentioned this suggestion yet: Don't build a dipole. It'll be barely useful at that height. Build an Inverted L. Feed it at the base of the tree. Run the wire up the back side of the
This very cool looking Hygain heavy duty portable 64' telescoping galvanized steel tower just popped up in my Hygain "saved search" on eBay. It would be great for a club that is serious about getting
Cort, See http://m2inc.com/pdf_manuals/10M7DX.pdf (assuming that's the model you have) 73, John W2ID _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ To
If I have a Rohn 45G tower of a given height, let's say 90', guyed per the Rohn book, and rotating from the base, hosting several side-mounted yagis for 10m (3), 15m (2), and 20m (1), and I want to a
So I have a question on this topic, related to how to bond the station ground to the house ground. I have two choices for the routing of the wire that will connect the station ground to the house gro
Making a trip today to pick up a used tower, so this question is URGENT. (Please copy me directly on your reply since I subscribe to the list in Digest form.) I am pickup up a used 45G tower today. O
This group is so awesome! Thanks very much to Dave, Bill, Jim, Julio, and Chris for your thoughtful replies. I went with the majority vote - 4 out of 5 doctors recommend using the damaged sections as
Installers are here and in the process of installing a PV solar panel system on my house for electricity generation. My question is about how they should ground the roof rails. Their plan is to: (1.)