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From: "Tod Olson" <tao@skypoint.com>
To: "K7LXC" <K7LXC@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Yet another tower question
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 09:56:23 -0600
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Steve:
I should very much like to hear your suggestions. Here are the design
objectives as currently perceived:
1. Must be able to support a KLM-34XA OR 4 element Quad with interlaced=
40
Meter beam elements (2 shortened elements) (about 18 square feet) on a 32
foot boom under the local (Idaho Falls, ID) expected wind conditions. Sho=
uld
be able to add a minimum of a small 2m/70 cm vertical above the main HF
antenna. Desirable to permit side mounted VHF antennas at lower heights, =
but
NOT a requirement.
2. Height of HF antenna above ground level should be a minimum of 60 feet=
. A
height of 80 feet (+/- 8) feet is desirable.
3. Self supporting is desirable, but if (1) and (2) above cannot be
achieved within reasonable economics then a guyed alternative would be
considered.
4. Foldover, telescoping or "Hazer-like" access to the antennas is desire=
d
by my XYL. (Or so she says). I consider it attractive, but not an absolut=
e
requirement (yet).
5. Tower should be such that only modest (whatever that means) annual
maintenance is required. This does NOT include antenna, feedline and cont=
rol
cable maintenance.
I have placed no financial constraints on any solution so that I can loo=
k
at any alternative that I or others can imagine. However, I am reluctant =
to
invest more in towers and antennas than I have invested in real estate.
Local (Bonneville County) ordinances do not require building permits or
tower permits for antennas less than 200 feet in height. (When I asked ab=
out
this the asked me why I was bothering them with such trivia, my kind of
guys!).
Tod Olson, K0TO/7
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