My world is not deep woods, but lots of big trees on country property,
and every few years the 80' trees (elm, maple, cottonwood, sycamore),
encroach on the tower & antennas and need to be radically cut back (tree
service $$$). Suggest you add this to the on-going cost of operation!
73
dan
k0dan
Now that I've relocated to semi-rural western North Carolina, I'm
doing some planning for the new antenna system. I already have a US
Towers TX-455 that will be going up soon, but I'd really like to put
up another crankup / tilt-over tower with a somewhat bigger antenna.
The good news is that we have a fair amount of land to work with. The
bad news is that the available land for a second tower installation is
almost completely heavily wooded. The XYL is willing to tolerate the
TX-455 behind the detached garage, but not at all receptive to a tower
in the cleared yard area.
Even though I would really like to have the second tower I'm
apprehensive about how big a project it would be to put up a serious
tower in the woods. I'm especially worried about getting a proper base
in, both because of remaining stumps and tree roots after land
clearing and because of the logistical difficulty of hauling 10+ yards
of concrete out into the woods. Trenching to install a proper ground
system and to run feedlines and control lines would also seem to be
another possible problem. Has anyone undertaken such a project? If so,
would you be willing to share your experiences and advice? Off list
would be fine.
Thanks & 73...
Randy, W8FN
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