At 00:18 15-03-05, SJ W3TX wrote:
>It sounds as if you have accomplished alot from your present location.
>Congratulations!
Hi Scott,
Thanks <g>. It's been "fun" to say the least.
>I recommend that the very first thing you do is purchase Fred K1VR's book
>"Antenna Zoning" from ARRL. The bottom line is that you don't want to buy
>any land that will be challenging to build your antenna support structure
>on. The book is exceptional!
I will indeed take a look into this, but from what I've heard, our planned
neighbourhood is free of CC&Rs, HOAs and even municipal regulations
vis-a-vis towers. Of course, I will investigate the heck out of this before
we sign anything!
>Also, get the ARRL Antenna Book and the upcoming 4th edition of ON4UN's
>Lowband Dxing.
I have the ARRL Antenna Book, but to be honest, that's reads like an
engineering text and I'm really the furthest from that. I can get about 5
minutes into that and my head starts hurting. I really do need something
MUCH simpler, better illustrated and aimed at newbies, not graduate
engineers. Maybe if I had a few less choices, but much better descriptions
of how to build 'em, why one design works better than another, etc, I would
understand it a little easier. I intend to pick up the ON4UN book at Dayton
this year.
>Good luck and let us know how it goes.
I shall indeed, but I also think I'll pop back in here from time to time
asking about towers and other aspects of this project etc. Never had one
and frankly I just don't know where to start or what questions to ask
(hell, the last time I was even near a decent tower was in 1974 and that
was in my teenage years). Asking at Dayton last year got me nothing but a
20 second answer and a very firm "come back and see us when you know what
you want" feeling. I don't even know what I should budget for a decent 50 -
60 footer, complete.
- pjd
W2IRT
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