Zac:
Check out www.trylon.com for construction details such as total
weight, foundation design, etc. For my Trylon T500-64 (64-foot tall, 45
sqft wind area) the sections ranged in weight from 155 pounds to about 70
pounds.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
-----Original Message-----
From: Zac Smith <sk-8-er@clnk.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] (no subject)
>how much do the sections weigh?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
>To: <sparks@apk.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:07 AM
>Subject: Re: [Towertalk] (no subject)
>
>
>> In a message dated 3/25/02 6:56:37 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>sparks@apk.net
>> writes:
>>
>> > I'm considering a 96 ft self-supporting Trylon tower. To maintain a
>> > semi-peaceful relationship with my neighbors, I'm considering locating
>it
>> in
>> > my
>> > woods. I have a small clearing in a good spot, and I'm willing to cut
>a
>> few
>> > more trees down if I need to. Trees are 50-70ft, and all of my RF
>would
>> be
>> > VHF and above to 10GHz.
>> >
>> > I've considered some of the annoyances of this such as difficulty of
>> getting
>> > concrete back there for the base,
>>
>> Piece of cake. Just hire a line pump (truck mounted concrete pumper).
>> They're reasonably priced ($4-500) and can pump up to 400 feet. Option #2
>is
>> to use one of those powered buggies - they're even cheaper but more work.
>>
>> > the need to erect w/o a crane,
>>
>> Another piece of cake. With two guys on the tower you can build it on
>the
>> tower like an erector set. You can do 56 feet a day easy.
>>
>> > feedline losses, etc, and I think I can overcome/tolerate them.
>> >
>> > Has anyone ever put a tower in the woods? Love it? Regret it? What
>am I
>> > not thinking about?
>>
>> The only negative would be the attenuation from trees/wet leaves at
>the
>> frequencies you mentioned but there's not much you can do about that.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve K7LXC
>> TOWER TECH -
>> Professional tower work for amateurs
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