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Re: [TowerTalk] Tower and antenna decisions

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower and antenna decisions
From: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:55:20 -0700
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Just curious, never used a Hazer, but, how do you deal with
the guy wires ??

73, Dick, W1KSZ


On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Jim Smith <jimsmith@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Have you looked at the Glenmartin Hazer?  It's a carriage that runs up and
> down the outside of Rohn 25 like an elevator.  You mount your rotator,
> mast, bearing and yagi on the carriage.  Now you can winch the carriage up
> to 50 ft or down to a few feet above ground level.
>
> Jim     VE7FO
>
> On 2013-10-24 10:04, john@kk9a.com wrote:
>
>> Doesn't adding a long mast put the antenna out of reach from your roof?
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>>
>> To:     towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject:         [TowerTalk] Tower and antenna decisions
>> From:    Avery Davis <avery@mindspring.com>
>> Date:    Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:10:24 -0700
>>
>> Due to my small city lot and modest budget, and my need to have a tower
>> I don't have to climb, I have been looking very hard at the short
>> crank-up towers from US Tower.  My thought is to install one next to my
>> single-story flat-roofed house, and I could do much of the antenna
>> installation and maintenance work just standing on the roof.  My dilemma
>> is over which antenna and tower to choose.  My top choice for an antenna
>> is the HyGain TH-11DX, but the only one of the short towers that would
>> hold it safely is the TMM-433HD, which would put the antenna about 34
>> feet high.  If I got the tallest tower in this series, the TMM-541SS, I
>> could put a 15' mast on top to get an antenna nearly 50 feet high, but
>> it would have to be a smaller antenna like a HexBeam.  So, I am hoping
>> for advice from Hams who have been there, done that.
>> Which is better:
>> TH-11DX at 34 feet?
>> HexBeam at 50 feet?
>>
>> 73,
>> Avery, WB4RTP
>>
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