Hi all, I am thinking to build a self-supported tower for my HK1H´s station. The tower could be around 25 meters high. Four sides Thinking in something like this; http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_umpsa6tUB2
How about this one? It's triangular, but a real brute! http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/skyhook.htm 73 Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ _____________________________
The OP is looking for designs to construct the tower, while your link shows an install, impressive as it is, using commercial tower parts. Although if time is money, constructing a tower from scratch
You can get the tower design calculations for commercially made towers from their respective manufacturers. They want you to use these to get a building permit. However, the ones I have seen are deta
That tower is completely home brew. All parts were fabricated by John WD8RXP. There were 3 semi truck loads of structural steel along with a small fortune involved in building that tower. <:-)) He ha
I missed the two lines above when I read this before. Reading them I respectfully make the following comments and no disrespect is intended. 25 meters is a tad over 81 feet (81'3" to be specific). Th
A used boom lift might be a good alternative to building a tower. I've been tracking the used market and they go for $10k to $15k, used in good condition for 50-60 footers. (About the installed cost
Straying somewhat afield from the original topic... G0EVY has a full size 2 element 80m beam (think about that for a minute). I forget what he said it weighs, but somewhere north of 3000#. He bought
I think he's fed it a bit as IIRC it's now 2L on 160, 3 or 4 on 75 (reversable) and 5 or so on 40. I'd have to go out to the shop and check the log to be sure. He's on 7.160-7.175 give or take around
Thanks Joe. Sorry Maximo, I completely missed your location and situation. KM5VI --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jos