Pat Barthelow wrote:
> A Google Search of Stadium Lighting brings some interesting results re tall
> lighting poles
> as found in stadiums. At Monterey Peninsula College, their Football field
> had massive 100
> footers that I once looked into as antenna supports. (If we could get
> permission, to put antennas up, we would have used the press box as a temp
> contest ops shack) Each was 100 ft tall, supported 18 huge
> lamps and had huge concrete foundations, running 19 ft deep. I think new,
> such poles would be
> cost prohibitive, but there were listings on google for used stadium lighting
> (but that I think is mostly the lamps) that might yield sources of used tall
> poles.
>
> I've noticed news items recently of a lot of old
> stadiums being demolished, in favor of new designs. Also of school closings.
> Maybe there
> are sources of used large sturdy poles there. Though at that level,
> EVERYTHING about the pole seems
> to be non trivial, and expensive, transport, foundation design and
> construction, dismantling, erection, etc
> Somewhere in those google listings were some cost analysis of lighting and
> other stadium expenses, and
> it will astonish you. Yearly water budgets just for grass of $300K(!)
> Lighting Electricity budgets, you dont even want to know about.
>
Earlier I mentioned the cell tower at the lumber yard that is on a steel
pole with the huge concrete casing (Think it's a bout 30 deep by about
12' in diameter. (Maybe more.) The base of that thing is between 8 and
10 feet across. IOW it's a monster so heavy they brought in construction
equipment large enough to handle it.
About a mile to the North is another one, not quite as high. (closer to
the airport). What makes this one unusual is about half way up are
stadium lights. It looks a little strange compared to the rest of the
light poles
I need to shoot some photos of both when there aren't kids all over the
place out there.
Roger (K8RI)
Please use meaningful subject lines and don't repost digests. Both go
into the bit bucket at my ISP.
>
> All the best,
> Pat Barthelow (916) 315-9271
> aa6eg@hotmail.com
> http://www.jamesburgdish.org
>
>
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