I think your fooling yourself... Having seen what Andrew did - NOTHING - no matter how low it is is any less likely to become airborne! I saw the sides of mobile homes wrapped around avocado trees...
Author: Bill Otten" <res0958z@verizon.net (Bill Otten)
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:56:14 -0500
Jim, In hurricane winds, Andrew or not, a lowered and secured tower has to be less of a threat to damage than one extended to full height. The wind load is reduced, torque factors reduced, lever fact
In Hawaii where we have normal trade winds that blow between 5 to 30 my LM-470 with a F12 C4XL and a 6m 5 el telrex is nice and stable when fully cranked-up. When the winds get serious and start blow
I am waiting for the professionals to reply... I see you have never witnessed a foldover/nested tower collapse...something which can never happen with a fixed tower...period! Again I think you are re
Things may be different in Florida, but I've noted that most crankups around here, after being up for 10 or 15 years, can't be folded over anymore because of tree growth. Many can't even be retracted
"Convince me a fall from a fixed tower is 'safer' than a step ladder." Oh I get it - that is what this is about - Fear of Falling! Now I understand where you are coming from....it has nothing to do w
"Meanwhile, several thousand listeners tuned in to WDCB 90.0 GM at Glenellyn, Illinois, were left with nothing but static for a after wind blew down a 310-foot antenna tower. A 50 ' back-up antenna w
Hi Bill, You're beating a dead horse and taking the fun out of this reflector. Clearly, you like fixed towers. SO, leave it at that! By the way Fl. is a severe weather location. In fact FL has more f
I keep hearing this "ground level" phrase tossed around, and I'd like to hear from crankup owners exactly what brand and model towers they are able to work on at "ground level" *with antennas install
Author: Bill Otten" <res0958z@verizon.net (Bill Otten)
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:27:37 -0500
Hi Jerry, The tilt over base of my tower puts the hinge at about 9 feet. The boom on my tri-band antenna is right at 18 feet....attached at the middle that means 9 feet either side. When tilted over
That's one thing I did NOT say, but I know others did. If you have read my web page on putting up my HG54HD, you'll know I ran into the same thing you allude to. My wife and I managed to get the TH7D
By the way, all of my statements about crankups have been regarding TILT over, NOT FOLD OVER. I have only one experience with a fold over tower and it spooked me! Not saying it can't be done right, b
SNIP You obviously don't understand STATIC FORCES and BENDING MOMENTS. The weight of your antenna applied the the mast which is resting on the collar of your tower which then acts as a fulcrum, puts
Author: Bill Otten" <res0958z@verizon.net (Bill Otten)
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:46:16 -0500
It's probably just semantics...my tower does have the hinge mounted on the Wonder Post at about 9 feet above ground. EZ Way Towers listed the towers as "crank up & down, tiltover" models. I'd like to
I am sure Jim meant "collapse due to a crankup cable failure", aren't you? than Well, for one thing, I am ALWAYS tied to a fixed tower with safety equipment when I am working on it. This makes it VER
Jerry, what you suggested below is pretty easy to do with a crank up tower (with some restrictions). I decided in 1968 to not be a climber and go with the crank up type of tower. What I'll describe i
I just as soon not fall off of either. There's a great quote from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation materials somewhere. "Q: How fast do you have to be going to receive a fatal injury from a motorcycl