[TowerTalk] Free Topo Maps

[R. Otto]

Hello Fred,

WOW!!   How can I thank you enough!!??  Brian, K3KO, offered to run an
analysis program for me to determine the optimum height for my tower
-- ultimately to determine if I really need to make it 112' tall  (I
live on the side of a hill). If not, I save $$ on the tower -- and can
spend them on additional antennas <G> since as the height drops, the
windsail increases!  I sent topo data for my five acre lot and he told
me I needed data for at least a mile from my home -- sure slowed that
process down <laugh>

You've provided a neat way to give him the data.  Many thanks OM -- no
wonder I love this list!!

73's from.......

R. Otto
N8NGA@one.net
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Thursday, August 31, 2000, 2:54:06 PM, you wrote:


FH> You may be interested to print out your own topographic map, using USGS
FH> data, centering the map on your house, in four different scales. See
FH> www.topozone.com.  Did I mention FREE?

FH> Commercial alternatives are blisterpacked software from DeLorme Map
FH> (www.delorme.com) and National Geographic (www.topo.com), both excellent.
FH>  The DeLorme product allows you to print path profiles showing the hills
FH> between your place and a repeater or Packetcluster (tm) node.

FH> Good documentation for an antenna support structure permit application.

FH> Fred Hopengarten K1VR                        
FH> hopengarten@post.harvard.edu
FH> Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
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