I was reading, with great interest, W5AJ's website about his tower install. http://www.qsl.net/w5aj/tower.htm He hired a boring company to "drill" his hole. Using a standard square 4'x4'x5' deep hole
When I lived in Homestead, FL I did this... The ground there is coral - or - oolite - it is too hard to dig with a pick and shovel and you have to use something mechanical.... it is plain olde hard!
Author: ham-radio-mail-lists@ahjg.co.uk (Anthony R. Gold)
Date: Sun Mar 30 12:25:33 2003
Hi Fred. I was '72, but not much of a party-goer. It looks impressive but I really did want the tilt I saw in W5AJ's Wilson as I like to work near to the ground. Tony
Tom et al: Be careful! The pub I used to sort of help me through my tower design learning process is the Uniform Building Code from 1997. In that volume, under design of footers, the size of the exca
Hello Tony! US Tower is your answer!... http://www.ustower.com/tubular.html Click on the size tower you are interested in. Down the page you will see the "Raising Fixture". This is it! To see the tub
Eugene, I contacted the tower manufacturer and was told that I could use a square hole that was 5 by 5 by 5 or a circular hole that was 4 by 6. The square hole is 125 cubic feet and the round one is
Tom: Specific design info from the manufacturer, in my mind, would trump anything from a general code manual like the UBC that I referred to. My point in my e-mail, though, was that a circular hole t
THE SHAPE THAT WILL CONTAIN THE MOST AREA FOR A GIVEN PERIMETER IS A CIRCLE, and why its area to perimeter ratio is greatest. That is also why every now and then you get some smart arse architect who
Author: ham-radio-mail-lists@ahjg.co.uk (Anthony R. Gold)
Date: Mon Mar 31 05:24:18 2003
Thanks for the pointer. I can't see much detail - it appears that maybe the towers themselves do not rotate, so the rotator must be put up at the top of the tower. But I'll send of for their catalog
Hmmm .. I remember these tests, in the 50s, to see what kind of jobs for which us Seniors in HS were qualified .. round peg, square hole, and.. heaven forbid ... square hole, round peg! Tom's got it