I'm writing a short article with some tradeoffs between various approaches to building a station. What's a good ballpark number to use for the cost of buying and installing a typical medium height to
Jim: Let me add a few things for your consideration. o Is it realistic to assume only one antenna? Many on this reflector, myself included, have designed and installed tower systems with one multiban
IMHO, the assumption of a crankup puts you in a well-above-average cost bracket. The low-end costs you suggest for the tower and installation are probably too low for a crankup. If you are trying to
Having just gone through the process of erecting a 55' crankup, I offer the following. 1. Here in CA each county has different regulations for towers. In my area, the tower had to withstand 75mph win
And I forgot 3 items: Coax Standoff arms $89 Thrust Bearing $119 Mast $212 -- $420 added to that $8,673 makes $9,193..... closer still to that 10K guestimate... Don B. the cage, $800. footing 2, wren
On Aug 23, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Jim Lux wrote: What's a good ballpark number to use for the cost of buying and installing a typical medium height tower (i.e. say, 50-75 ft, crankup, etc) with a multiban
Bill, Boy, do I agree with you. If putting out that many large for a tower and antenna was the norm for most of us, I fear that most of us would not be on the air ! Hams used to be cheap and scroung
I have 3 towers, 30 feet of 25g that has a pair of long boom 2 meter yagi's and a 432 yagi above them, an old Wilson rotating tower with 5 over 5 on 6 meters and a rohn bx series that 2 meters is goi
Well, "horses for courses" or "non disputandum de gustibus" etc.. Certainly, there folks for whom scrounging and improvising are part of the appeal (that would be me!), but there are probably equally
I tend to agree with Bill, Jim. You might want to include a bracketed Rohn 25 tower as a "low cost" or "entry level" option. I had a very similar installation to Bill's when I lived in Florida (35' o
On Aug 24, 2004, at 12:39 AM, Tom Horton wrote: If putting out that many large for a tower and antenna was the norm for most of us, I fear that most of us would not be on the air ! I'd still be using
I'm just an average guy, with family and work commitments. This is what I have managed to do: New Universal Aluminum 9-50 Self supporting tower. XYL would have nothing to do with guys so self support
I picked up a used 48' Universal Aluminum for $80 and only used 38' of that with ~4' in the ground. Right now only a Comet CX-333 resides on it and that probally won't change since we're moving in a