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1. [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Al Williams" <alwilliams@olywa.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:40:16 -0700
I have read and heard this countless times and often in a "bragging" manner! Is this the image that we hams should be promoting? Consider this: 1. When we apply for a tower permit, will we be using
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00571.html (8,285 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:42:40 -0500
Two words come to mind: Resourceful Thrifty 73, Keith NM5G I have read and heard this countless times and often in a "bragging" manner! Is this the image that we hams should be promoting? Consider th
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00584.html (9,612 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:54:41 -0700
Yes. And not all hams have spare cash laying around. For many, it is a stretch to own one decent radio. The cost of a beam on a properly engineered tower could put a child through a year at some coll
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00585.html (8,438 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: Alan NV8A <nv8a@att.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:11:04 -0400
So if you can't afford to put up a beam on a properly engineered tower, don't put put up a beam. Don't put up used rusty stuff using half as much concrete and a quarter as much rebar as the manufactu
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00586.html (9,121 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: <ve4xt@mts.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:43:13 -0500
Hi Alan, I don't think careening from one extreme to the other helps the discussion at all. There are plenty of sturdy, capable tower installations made from decent used pieces that don't cost an arm
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00588.html (8,440 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab@cdsnet.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:00:27 -0700
I want to be always remembered as a cheap, scavenging tinkerer. Put me on that list, please. Van, K7VS _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00593.html (8,535 bytes)

7. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: Alan NV8A <nv8a@att.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:02:11 -0400
Jim said that there are people who cannot afford to put a beam on a properly engineered tower, implying that if you can't afford to put one on a properly engineered tower, it's OK to put one a tower
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00595.html (8,575 bytes)

8. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:11:19 -0400
That's either a very expensive college or cheap tower installation. A good size tower that requires engineering at the local level (in some areas) could send a kid all the way through some four year
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00596.html (8,248 bytes)

9. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:53:33 -0700
Sadly, not these days.. except for the community colleges. Even at state supported instutitions like UCLA, it's $7143/yr for undergrad (not counting dorms, etc.). http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/Fees/g
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00601.html (8,231 bytes)

10. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:59:17 -0500
One should be able to find a good used tower (with guys and other hardware), rotator and tri-bander for about 50 cents on the dollar compared to new price. Let's say it is 70 feet of Rohn 45G with Fo
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00602.html (10,591 bytes)

11. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:09:34 -0700
BS! YOU implied that, not me. I stated that many hams don't have big money to spend on ham radio and must settle for far less than a beam on a tower -- like wires strung between trees, or between sec
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00604.html (8,624 bytes)

12. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:31:40 -0700
You've only listed tower hardware at retail, which totals $4,800. Add taxes, typically 8%, plus shipping, 8% is probably a low number for stuff like this. Now we're up to $5,500. The antenna isn't fr
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00605.html (8,648 bytes)

13. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Michael K6BR" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:32:04 -0700
HERE HERE, I second that Jim. Mike K6BR BS! YOU implied that, not me. I stated that many hams don't have big money to spend on ham radio and must settle for far less than a beam on a tower -- like wi
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00606.html (9,385 bytes)

14. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:51:37 -0400
For my instalation http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/Tower29.htm and http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/Tower26.htm Considering tower, concrete, antennas, and guy line, and anchors with me
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00608.html (10,395 bytes)

15. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:49:33 -0500
Well, I did leave out a few things. But $1500 for a tribander is overkill. You seem to have pulled your figures out of your hat. The ones I listed are current prices. Also, someone commented off-list
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00609.html (9,366 bytes)

16. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:52:20 -0400
<snip>> <snip> OTOH 22 years ago I had nothing more than a 40 foot American steel TV tower with a dirt base, one set of guy wires (3-point) just below the top and a big tri-bander on top. That thing
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00615.html (9,429 bytes)

17. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:54:41 +0000
I went the opposite direction when I built my tower. I followed the instructions in the Rohn tower book, but went one step above the recommended size concrete piers for the base of the tower and guy
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00617.html (10,314 bytes)

18. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "Kelly Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:22:40 -0500
Hi Jim, And even if you had intended to go beyond the wires in trees argument and suggest that it is not necessarily a second mortgage to put up a tower, that would have been OK too, in my book. I do
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00618.html (10,803 bytes)

19. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: N0OEL@aol.com
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:29:33 EDT
OK, you all have a good point,. But sometimes and I repeat sometimes hams will pay you what you ask for used equipment. But its those that insist on debating, bidding, driving you nuts over a few dol
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00619.html (8,378 bytes)

20. Re: [TowerTalk] cheap hams (score: 1)
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:31:06 -0400
< snip > That's why we put the tops a foot below the surface. Saw everything off and cover it up. It'll be great until some one want's to dig a hole there. <:-)) At a previous home which we built fro
/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00620.html (9,814 bytes)


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