I am setting up a tower (my first) to get internet service. The antennas will be less than 2 square feet of wind loading combined and could be even less using 2 11x14" grid antennas. My plan is to bu
I am not a mechanical engineer but why don't you put the tower in the ground and the building next to the tower. Mark N1UK _______________________________________________ ____________________________
Mark, You make a very sane suggestion. My reason for putting the tower on top of the building, if I do, is to get an extra 8' to 10' of height. The building will be sufficient to handle the 1100 poun
Bruce, To me it sounds like a nutty idea, though there's nothing wrong with that. But really, why not put up a less ambitious building to house your servers, and install a nice 100' Trylon self suppo
I would suggest that the cost of one additional 10' Rohn 25 tower section might be less than the long-term cost of roof mounting. Dick, K6KR Mark, You make a very sane suggestion. My reason for putti
Also a good and sane suggestion; I bought land in a bad neighborhood for this site. I bought into the bad neighborhood because of the proximity of fiber from two companies combined with good elevatio
Seems like an awful lot of trouble when you can just buy an extra section or two of used Rohn 25. Just saying...... -- 73, Gary K9GS Check out K9NS on the web: http://www.k9ns.com Greater Milwaukee D
and wall bracket the tower to the building...saves a lot of trouble with the supporting roof Mark N1UK _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
To use the extra sections of Rohn 25G I need room for guys. I do not have room for guys. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mail
Remember he can't guy it. Another problem is standing up this much tower, let along it being unguyed, and having to service it. No way would I consider climbing that much free standing 25G. So it'd h
If it was me I would wall bracket the tower to the solid building which would have pretty much the same effect as putting the tower on the roof but without al the weight of the tower on the roof. I w
Author: Joseph or Ruth Patrick <hdmc38@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:17:11 -0800 (PST)
Hey Bruce Your friend is an engineer although a civil engineer that would be the first place I would ask. 40' of basically free standing 25G sounds great until you have to climb it or a big storm com
Author: Joseph or Ruth Patrick <hdmc38@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:49:43 -0800 (PST)
You also have a number of other issues that need to be considered in this installation. Budget, Security, Height. Accessibility, Roof Penetration, just to name a few. I personally prefer 45 or 55G, b
I have another friend who is a tower climber. He is has installed 60' freestanding Rohn 25Gs and is comfortable climbing them. I am not comfortable with him doing so. If I go with the Rohn 25G I will
Given the neighborhood you mentioned, one thing comes to mind... copper thieves. Are you making provision for that possibility? Like keeping a box of snakes on the roof of your block shed? Stan _____
Burying everything from the pole to the building. The only copper going up the tower will be Cat 6. I doubt those big copper cables used for ham antenna would last more than a few days. _____________
Bruce, You noted: I won't try an sort out the mechanics of you project, but I will assure you trees grow. So what ever antenna you put up will dwarf the tower, most likely sooner than you think. When
Here I have *mature* trees pretty much around me. Those are not going to get taller, so it depends on whether they are young or mature trees. At 100 feet I have been well above the trees ever since I
Bruce, you may want to look into a clever device called a Hazer. It is like a little cart that will attach to the Rohn 25 used to haul the antennas up and down the tower -- your antenna would mount t
Bruce I'd recommend the crank-up. I recently put up a US Tower crank-up tower in my forested area which gets lots of wind. I thought about a self-supporting tower, but something like a Trylon that wo