All; I am applying for a building permit to put up a US Tower MA-550 with a Force 12 C4 Yagi in Minnesota. The City is asking to see wind loading calculations for 90 MPH as well as calculations for r
The MA-550 will clearly not pass 90 MPH calcs even with no antenna, at least while extended. OTOH, it will clearly pass 90 MPH nested with any reasonable antenna. The question is whether the building
I love the "temporary structures" idea! If that works I want to talk to you about a bridge I have been trying to sell Rick! Good luck Al. I hope it does work as nested. That's how a friend of ours go
Force 12 C4 Yagi in Minnesota. calculations for radial ice. I am trying to convince them that I will have it nested most of the time (which I will). The info I got from US Tower has a lot of detail b
Washington State has adopted the International Building Code (IBC) and it appears that many other states are doing likewise. I looked at the windspeed charts that accompany the new code and, if I'm
I think you've hit the nail on the head. Local authorities are imposing "commercial grade" kinds of requirements for the permitting (if only because it's easy, not to mention, it's legally defensible
Are US Tower's "standard" products (i.e., those shown in their catalog) used commercially to any great extent? I see they advertise that they can build towers to any specification (which could easily
In a message dated 9/12/2006 1:00:12 PM Central Standard Time, jimlux@earthlink.net writes: I think you've hit the nail on the head. Local authorities are imposing "commercial grade" kinds of require
When I was looking for a tower, I contacted US Tower with the requirements that I had to meet here in south Florida and they had no interest in helping me at all. I then contacted Karl Tashjian of Ta
if this thing falls fully extended, will it be contained within your property, or your neighbors as well... PS it sounds like the asshole city manager we had that resigned from here, accepted a job i
Author: Robert Chudek - KØRC <k0rc@citlink.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:28:24 -0500
Hello Al, With this new engineering obstacle in your path, you need to start looking at heavy duty towers, as suggested in other parts of this thread. Having to provide a design with 1/2" of radial i
You are lucky that you are allowed to install a tower and having a 90 MPH system is not a bad thing. US Towers has the following statement on their web site: "Our dedicated staff offers technical ass
I spoke to US Towers about a more heavy duty version of their Tubular Towers. They said they could do it and the additional cost wasn't all that much. I doubt, though, that they'll be able to build o
engineering calculations and diagrams signed by a Professional Engineer licensed in your state for $350 on standard tower configurations." Few, if any, amateur tower manufacturers provide this type o