Hi All, After reading all the information about installing new towers I thought I would give all of you the run-down on a 96' trylon tower I just finished up installing in Nothern California is Place
YISH, remind me not to do a tower down there. Hope If I ever get a tower that it isnt so bad in Washington (snohomish county). Mine would only be a 40ft or so if I ever find a free one :). Scotty N7
Hiya Bob, It's just as bad here in San Diego County. I actually abandoned the Trylon I bought from Champion and switched to a UST so I could use their CA- based engineer. I still don't have the permi
I went to the City of San Jose Building Permits office on Friday and asked About the permit process to put up a freestanding 60 ft tower in my back yard. They said "can't do it" They won't issue towe
"Can't", "won't", or "don't want to?" I respectively recommend you not accept a verbal statement on the topic of what the city allows, or doesn't allow, per their own regulations. Towers are logicall
About the permit process to put up a freestanding 60 ft tower in my back yard. They said "can't do it" They won't issue tower permits. They told me That all the towers I see in San Jose are un-permit
Steve, It's not as easy as you think. I've been trying to get a tower permit in San Jose for 5 years. I know I'm not the only one. There are no hoops to jump through: unless you consider a lawsuit to
Years ago when I lived in San Jose I was told that I could put up anything I wanted up to 40 feet. Anything higher had to 'move'. I with the help of the nice lady behind the counter figured that if t
There is talk that San Jose may finally implement a reasonable ordinance soon. What is reasonable? I don't know yet, but there's hope. It has taken years to get to this point. No lawsuits are going t
When I first put up my tower (1978) I went to the city. (Chesapeake Virginia) The buildings guy told me "it's not a building" and it not covered in my domain, check with zoning. Went down two desks a
San Jose is like most cities...the building department won't cite you for an infraction unless someone complains. If you put one up w/o a permit, then you run the risk that a neighbor WILL complain.
So from what Kelly says, a tower IS legal in San Jose... we're just talking about HEIGHT and where the tower is located. If it's on, beside, or somehow attached to an existing structure, apparently t
You will never know what stations you could not hear. If you have nothing to compare to, then everything sounds great. Yes, my SteppIR at 40 feet works fairly well, but compared to other stations aro
In this specific case, a crank up tower (72 ft ?) would be highly desirable. Bob W7KD _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wir
Sounds like a roof tower would be just the thing. Might not be YL/XYL approved however. Could be tougher than dealing with the city! GL... http://www.glenmartin.com/industrial/pg17.htm 73, Stew K3ND
Might be easier to get forgiveness than permission, but it can be a pretty expensive proposition (as in many tens of kilobucks) to get that official forgiveness. As well, they can and do come out and
I heartily concur. I had 4 freshly assembled 6BTV verticals just leaning up against the kid's playhouse in the back yard, not even installed, and it was less than a week before the "Notice of Violati
I have two towers up at my San Jose home. A 40ft crankup with a 6 element yagi and a 15ft ground mounted tower with a 144/440 Vertical on it. I put them up 15 years ago after my first visit to the Ci
Well Just to let you know how feasable it is. I currently use an A-3 Beam and I have it mounted at 20ft. Yes 20. While I dont beat the big boys and A lot of times Im S3 when locals with towers are S
Now that is the true spirit of the courageous American individualist. There's a good reason why all those others did what they did. If the city of San Jose is being unreasonable, to heck with 'em. Do